Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she gained worldwide recognition when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. In 1955, she earned a master's in American Literature from Cornell University. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. In the late 1960s, she became the first black female editor in fiction at Random House in New York City. In the 1970s and 1980s, she developed her own reputation as an author, and her perhaps most celebrated work, Beloved, was made into a 1998 film. In 1996, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected her for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. Also that year, she was honored with the National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. On May 29, 2012, President Barack Obama presented Morrison with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2016, she received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.
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referencedIn Paris Review. The Paris Review archives, 1953-1997. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Priesmeyer, Kimbrly Marie. The search for truth in Toni Morrison's 'Song of Solomon' and 'Beloved' / by Kimberly Marie Priesmeyer. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Sam Abrams papers RIT Library, Wallace Library
referencedIn DoubleTake, Records, 1908-1999, (bulk 1994-1999) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Papers, 1936-2002 (inclusive), 1954-2002 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Gail Godwin Papers, 1913-2008 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn M. Moran Weston Papers, 1824-1994 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Videotape collection of June Jordan [videorecording]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Melvin Dixon papers, 1962-1992 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Kesner, Leilani Barnett. Women friends : enabling relationships in emancipatory novels by contemporary women writers / Leilani Barnett Kesner. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Reynolds Price Papers, bulk, 1927-2010 and undated, 1956-2006 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Morrison, Toni. 60th annual spring commencement at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / with remarks by Toni Morrison. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
referencedIn Clear Pictures, Film Footage Collection, 1991-1996 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Densmore, Verva L. A corrective morality : Noddings' "Feminine ethic of care" in A time to be born, Huckleberry Finn, and Jazz / by Verva L. Densmore. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Patterson, William L. (William Lorenzo), 1890-1980. William Lorenzo Patterson papers, 1919-1979 (bulk, mid-1950s-1979). Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
referencedIn Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000. Sound recordings from the Barbara Christian papers [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn University of Michigan. News and Information Services. Faculty and Staff Files, 1944-2005 (bulk 1960-1995) Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Morrison, Toni. Toni Morrison correspondence, 1993. Library of Congress
referencedIn Inventory to the Records of the Conference on Literature and Urban Experience (CLUE), Rutgers University Newark, April 17-19, 1980, 1978-1983 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Ziff, Lloyd. Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Danielpour, Richard. Lullaby : from Margaret Garner (2002-2004) / Richard Danielpour. Northwestern University
referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Audio collection of June Jordan [sound recording]. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Dixon, Melvin, 1950-1992. Melvin Dixon papers, 1962-1992. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Nicholas Delbanco Papers, 1956-2010 (majority within 1966-2000) University of Michigan
referencedIn Johnson, Terry Elaine. By way of response : a study of dynamic imagery in The Tempest and Paradise / by Terry Elaine Johnson. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
creatorOf Redding, Jay Saunders, 1906-1988. Papers, [ca. 1940-1980]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Elias, Robert H. Robert H. Elias papers, 1933-1983. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Dodge, Mary Paula. Family dynamics in Toni Morrison's novels : a psychological perspective / by Mary Paula Dodge. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
referencedIn Weston, M. Moran, 1910-. Papers, 1824-1994. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn New York Shakespeare Festival records The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Patricia Rowe Willrich Papers, 1949-1996 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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referencedIn Herstory
referencedIn 100 Women Who Shaped World History.
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African American girls
African Americans
African American women
American fiction
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Birth 1931-02-18

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