1. Toni Morrison - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931), is a Nobel Prizewinning American author, editor, and professor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison

Toni Morrison From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Toni Morrison Born February 18 Lorain, Ohio United States Occupation Novelist, editor Genres African American literature Influences James Baldwin William Faulkner Doris Lessing Herman Melville Influenced bell hooks Octavia Butler Signature For the Louisiana politician, see deLesseps Morrison, Jr. Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 ), is a Nobel Prize -winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest Eye Song of Solomon , and Beloved , which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of the "30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal Contents Early life and career Writing career Later life Politics ... edit Early life and career Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio , the second of four children in a working-class family. As a child, Morrison read constantly; among her favorite authors were Jane Austen and Leo Tolstoy . Morrison's father, George Wofford, a welder by trade, told her numerous folktales of the black community (a method of storytelling that would later work its way into Morrison's writings).

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3. Toni Morrison Toni Morrison AKA Chloe Anthony Wofford. Born 18Feb-1931 Birthplace Lorain, OH. Gender Female Race or Ethnicity Black Sexual orientation Straight http://www.nndb.com/people/411/000023342/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Toni Morrison AKA Chloe Anthony Wofford Born: 18-Feb Birthplace: Lorain, OH Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: United States Executive summary: Beloved Father: George Wofford (welder) Husband: Harold Morrison (div. 1964, two children) Son: Slade 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 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1988 for Beloved National Humanities Medal The Nation Editorial Board Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Author of books: The Bluest Eye , novel) Sula , novel) Song of Solomon , novel) Tar Baby , novel) Beloved , novel) Jazz , novel) Playing in the Dark, Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

4. Toni Morrison Biography And Summary Toni Morrison biography with 499 pages of profile on Toni Morrison sourced from encyclopedias, critical essays, summaries, and research journals. http://www.bookrags.com/Toni_Morrison

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5. Anniina's Toni Morrison Page A comprehensive web site for all of toni morrison s books (Paradise, Beloved) as well as biographies, interviews, and web resources. http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/toni.htm

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6. Toni Morrison - Biography toni morrison Born Chloe Anthony Wofford, in 1931 in Lorain (Ohio), the second of four children in a black workingclass family. Displayed an early interest http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-bio.html

Nobel Foundation Nobel Media Nobel Museum Nobel Peace Center ... Prize in Economics Toni Morrison The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993 Biography Born Chloe Anthony Wofford , in 1931 in Lorain (Ohio), the second of four children in a black working-class family. Displayed an early interest in literature. Studied humanities at Howard and Cornell Universities, followed by an academic career at Texas Southern University, Howard University, Yale, and since 1989, a chair at Princeton University. She has also worked as an editor for Random House, a critic, and given numerous public lectures, specializing in African-American literature. She made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and her poetically-charged and richly-expressive depictions of Black America. A member since 1981 of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has been awarded a number of literary distinctions, among them the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. From Nobel Lectures , Literature 1991-1995 , Editor Sture Allén, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1997

7. Toni Morrison In her work toni morrison has explored the experience and roles of black women in a racist and male dominated society. In the center of her complex and http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/tmorris.htm

Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne Toni Morrison (1931-) - originally Chloe Anthony Wofford American author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. In her work Toni Morrison has explored the experience and roles of black women in a racist and male dominated society. In the center of her complex and multilayered narratives is the unique cultural inheritance of African-Americans. Morrison has been a member of both the National Council on the Arts and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. '"Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company."' (from Nobel Lecture, 1993) Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, where her parents had moved to escape the problems of southern racism. Her family were migrants, sharecroppers on both sides. Morrison grew up in the black community of Lorain. She spent her childhood in the Midwest and read voraciously, from Jane Austen to Tolstoy. Morrison's father, George Wofford, was a welder, and told her folktales of the black community, transferring his African-American heritage to another generation. In 1949 she entered Howard University in Washington, D.C., America's most distinguished black college. There she changed her name from "Chloe" to "Toni", explaining once that people found "Chloe" too difficult to pronounce. She continued her studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Morrison wrote her thesis on suicide in the works of

8. Toni Morrison A biography sketch of toni morrison, African American woman writer, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize for Literature. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/tonimorrison/p/toni_morrison.htm

zGCID=" test0" zGCID=" test0 test4" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Education Women's History Art, Music, Writers, Media ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison Women's History Education Women's History Essentials ... Submit to Digg Toni Morrison Toni Morrison Quotes Toni Morrison Bibliography Toni Morrison Index Suggested Reading Women Writers - 20th century Biographies of African American Women Around About Toni Morrison Most Popular Marilyn Monroe Quotes Black History Biographies Biographies of Notable Women Quotations by Notable Women: Index ... Elizabeth Blackwell Toni Morrison From Jone Johnson Lewis Your Guide to Women's History FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Dates: February 18 Occupation: writer, educator Known for: first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature (1993) In her novels, Toni Morrison focuses on the experience of black Americans, particularly emphasizing black women's experience in an unjust society and the search for cultural identity. She uses fantasy and mythic elements along with realistic depiction of racial, gender and class conflict. Also known as: born Chloe Anthony Wofford Background, Family:

9. VG: Artist Biography: Morrison, Toni toni morrison, the daughter of Ramah and George Wofford, was born on February 18, 1931. Growing up in Lorain, Ohio, which was an escape from stereotyped http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/morrison_toni.html

Art Praxis Bios By Name By Date By Location ... Bios Toni Morrison I'm just trying to look at something without blinking, to see what it is like, or it could have been like, and how that had something to do with the way we live now. Novels are always inquiries for me. Toni Morrison in Salon Magazine Jump to: Biography and Criticism Selected Bibliography Related Links Upon graduating from high school, Morrison entered Howard to pursue a career in education. After obtaining a degree in English and in the classics, Morrison enrolled in graduate school at Cornell University where she wrote her master's thesis on the works of Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. In 1955, Morrison began her teaching career at the Texas Southern University. She returned to Howard in 1957 as an English instructor and began working on her own writing. It was there that she met and married Harold Morrison, a Jamaican architect. They divorced in 1964, and Morrison moved to Syracuse, New York to become an editor for Random House. Raising her two sons, Harold Ford and Slade Kevin, Morrison continued working and writing. After many rejections, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston accepted

10. Tony Morrison Biography Here we present the biography of toni morrison, the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, she also has won the Pulitzer Prize for http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~sww/morrison/morrison_toni-bio.html

Here we present the biography of Toni Morrison, the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, she also has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Chloe Anthony Wofford was born February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio (a northern community located near Lake Erie) as what was to be the second of four children of George Wofford and Ramah Willis Wofford. Her parents had moved to Ohio from the South to escape racism and to find better opportunities in the North. George found employment as a shipyard welder, but often worked three jobs in order support his family. He was a hardworking and dignified man who took a great deal of pride in the quality of his work, so that each time he welded a perfect seam he'd also weld his name onto the side of the ship. He also made sure to be well-dressed, even during the Depression. Her mother was a church-going woman and she sang in the choir. At home, Chloe heard many songs and tales of Southern black folklore. The Woffords were proud of their heritage. Lorain was a small industrial town populated with immigrant Europeans, Mexicans and Southern blacks who lived next to each other. Chloe attended an integrated school. In her first grade, she was the only black student in her class and the only one who could read. She was friends with many of her white schoolmates and did not encounter discrimination until she started dating.

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14. Toni Morrison - Winner Nobel Prize For Literature toni morrison born 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, is perhaps the most celebrated contemporary American novelist. Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, http://authors.aalbc.com/toni.htm

document.write(''); Toni Morrison African American Literature Book Club - The #1 Site for "Readers of Black Literature" Enter your search terms Submit search form Search the Web AALBC.com Thumpers Corner Book Search Home Back Author Home Up ... Photo: Lynda Koolish Toni Morrison born 1931 in Lorain, Ohio is perhaps the most celebrated contemporary American novelist. Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, Morrison powerfully evokes in her fiction the legacies of displacement and slavery that have been bequeathed to the African-American community. Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor Emeritus in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. Ms. Morrison has degrees from Howard and Cornell Universities. She was appointed the Robert F. Goheen Professor at Princeton University spring 1989, a post she held until 2006. Among the universities where she has held teaching posts are Yale, Bard College and Rutgers. The New York State Board of Regents appointed her to the Albert Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities at the State University of New York at Albany in 1984. In 1988 she was the Obert C. Tanner Lecturer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University. In 1990 she delivered the Clark Lectures at Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Massey Lectures at Harvard University. In 1994 she held the International Cordorcet Chair at the Ecole Normale Superieure and College de France.

15. Online NewsHour: Toni Morrison -- March 9, 1998 Since publishing her first book, The Bluest Eye, in 1970, toni morrison has become one of America s premier novelists. Elizabeth Farnsworth talks with the http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june98/morrison_3-9.html

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16. TONI MORRISON / THE BLUEST EYE The Bluest Eye by toni morrison, an Oprah s Book Club Selection. http://www.randomhouse.com/features/morrison/

Home Excerpt About the author More books ... Audio Excerpt Buy the Book: The Bluest Eye Also Available: The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye Alfred A. Knopf Books@Random ... Random House May 2000 selection! The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlovea black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all otherswho prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning and the tragedy of its fulfillment.

17. Toni Morrison --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on toni morrison American writer noted for her examination of black experience (particularly black female http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9053829

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18. Toni Morrison — Infoplease.com February 18 Birthdays toni morrison February 18 birthdays toni morrison, Matt Dillon, Molly Ringwald, George Kennedy, Helen Gurley Brown, http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0834111.html

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19. Toni Morrison toni morrison s Song of Solomon belongs in a small company of special books that are a privilege to review. It may be foolishly fussed over as a Black http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/01/11/home/morrison.html

More on Toni Morrison From the Archives of The New York Times ABOUT 'PARADISE' Another Review of " Paradise (Jan. 6, 1998) "'Paradise' is . . . a heavy-handed, schematic piece of writing, thoroughly lacking in the novelistic magic Ms. Morrison has wielded so effortlessly in the past. It's a contrived, formulaic book that mechanically pits men against women, old against young, the past against the present." Toni Morrison's Mix of Tragedy, Domesticity, and Folklore (Jan. 8, 1998) A recent interview with Dinita Smith about Morrison's life and work. NEWS AND INTERVIEWS Toni Morrison, In Her New Novel, Defends Women Toni Morrison talked with Mervyn Rothstein about "Beloved," self-sabotage, and being a black woman writer. Black Writers In Praise of Toni Morrison A statement, signed by 48 prominent black writers, protested the lack of recognition for Morrison's work after she failed to win 1987 National Book Award. For Morrison, Prize Silences Gossip A few months after the statement in The New York Times Book Review, Morrison's work "Beloved" was awarded the 1988 Pulitzer Prize. Toni Morrison Is '93 Winner Of Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy, on announcing the award, called Morrison "a literary artist of the first rank" whose novels are "characterized by visionary force and poetic import."

20. TONI MORRISON Time Magazine interview with author toni morrison about her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Beloved, and the inequities that blacks and women still face in http://www.time.com/time/community/pulitzerinterview.html

MAY 22, 1989 THE PAIN OF BEING BLACK TONI MORRISON, WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR HER GRITTY NOVEL BELOVED, SMOLDERS AT THE INEQUITIES THAT BLACKS AND WOMEN STILL FACE BY BONNIE ANGELO Q. In your contemporary novels you portray harsh confrontation between black and white. In Tar Baby a character says, ''White folks and black folks should not sit down and eat together or do any of those personal things in life.'' It seems hopeless if we can't bridge the abysses you see between sexes, classes, races. A. I feel personally sorrowful about black-white relations a lot of the time because black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war, to prevent other kinds of real conflagrations. If there were no black people here in this country, it would have been Balkanized. The immigrants would have torn each other's throats out, as they have done everywhere else. But in becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me it's nothing else but color. Wherever they were from, they would stand together. They could all say, ''I am not that.'' So in that sense, becoming an American is based on an attitude: an exclusion of me.

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