The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993
Awarded on: 1993-10-07
"who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"
Toni Morrison
Born: 1931-02-18 in Lorain, OH, USA
Gender: female
Field: American novelist and editor (1931–2019)
Biography
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. 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 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.