Toni Morrison

novelist , writer , Nobel prize winner , presidential medal of freedom , national humanities medal

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I am the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize literature

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My first novel, The Bluest Eye, is published.the story of a young black girl who yearns to be white, at night while her sons are sleeping.

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I published the novel Sula, my second novel set in a poor black neighborhood of Ohio. It is nominated for the National Book Award. In 1973

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I married Harold Morrison, a fellow faculty member at Howard.

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I was originally born Chloe Ardelia Wofford

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In 1953 I received my B.A. in English from Howard.

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I enroll at Howard University, the historically black university in Washington in 1949

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@morrison_tonii Good morning. What are the titles of some of your books. I would love to read a few. What do you recommend?

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@boyd_adrien Beloved , The Bluest Eye , Song of Solomon , Sula , God Help the Children , A Mercy , Love , Tar Baby ....

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In 1970 My literary career began when The Bluest Eye was published

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Born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, i am a Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor and professor.

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My novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue and richly detailed African-American characters.

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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.

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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.