Toni Morrison Writer

Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931) is an American novelist, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Beloved. She was also commissioned to write the libretto for a new opera, Margaret Garner, first performed in 2005. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for Beloved and the Nobel Prize in 1993. On May 29, 2012, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Birth date	February 18, 1931
Birth name	Chloe Ardelia Wofford
Birth place	Lorain Ohio

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genre	African-American literature
influenced	Octavia E. Butler Bell hooks
influenced by	Herman Melville Virginia Woolf William Faulkner Zora Neale Hurston James Baldwin Doris Lessing