| Born in Lorain, Ohio in 1931, Morrison graduated from Lorain
High School in 1949. She attended Howard University, graduating with
an English degree in 1953 and then attended Cornell University, graduating
with a Masters in English in 1955. She is currently a professor at
Princeton.
In 1988, Morrison was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Beloved. In 1993, she was awarded a Nobel Prize for her collective work. |
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Eight Novels:The Bluest Eye - 1969 Sula - 1973 Song of Solomon - 1977 Tar Baby - 1981 Beloved - 1987 Jazz - 1992 Paradise - 1997 Love - 2003
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Three Children's Books:(co-written with her son, Slade Morrison) The Big Box - 1999 The Book of Mean People - 20002 Who's Got Game?: The Ant or The Grasshopper - 2003 |
Two Essays:Playing in the Dark-Whiteness and the Literary Imagination - 1992 Racing Justice, Engendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas and the Others on the Constructing of Social Reality. Editor Toni Morrison - 1992
One Play:Dreaming Emmet
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Read a brief biography of Toni Morrison on the Nobel Prize Foundation's website.
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Read an interview with Toni Morrison on the PBS website, regarding the Publication of her 1997 novel, Paradise. * * *
Answer a call for papers regarding the interplay between Morrison's children's books and her novels.
