| Toni Morrison  AKA Chloe Anthony Wofford
Born: 18-Feb-1931
Birthplace: Lorain, OH
Died: 5-Aug-2019
Location of death: Bronx, NY [1]
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Beloved
[1] Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
Father: George Wofford (welder)
Husband: Harold Morrison (div. 1964, two sons)
Son: Slade Morrison (d. 2010)
Son: Harold Ford Morrison
High School: Lorain High School, Lorain, OH (1947)
University: BA, Howard University (1953)
University: AM, Cornell University (1955)
Teacher: Instructor, Texas Southern University, Houston (1955-57)
Teacher: Howard University
Professor: University of New York (1984-89)
Professor: Humanities, Princeton University (1989-)
Nobel Prize for Literature 1993
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1988 for Beloved
National Humanities Medal 2000
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
The Nation Editorial Board
International PEN
Obama for America
Obama Victory Fund 2012
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Author of books:
The Bluest Eye (1970, novel)
Sula (1973, novel)
Song of Solomon (1977, novel)
Tar Baby (1981, novel)
Beloved (1987, novel)
Jazz (1992, novel)
Playing in the Dark, Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (1993, nonfiction)
Paradise (1998, novel)
Love (2003, novel)
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