Toni Morrison

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She grew up in Lorain, Ohio as Chloe Wofford & took her pen name in part from her baptismal name, Anthony Toni Morrison $400 DJ PEN NAMES 2026-01-27 #9487
Born Chloe Wofford, she converted to Catholicism at age 12 & added the name Anthony to hers, from St. Anthony of Padua Toni Morrison DD $3,000 DJ AUTHORS WHEN YOUNG 2021-06-01 #8412
On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words" Toni Morrison FJ AUTHORS 2020-06-12 #8235
One-word titles by this author include "Sula", "Jazz" & "Paradise" Toni Morrison $1,600 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 2018-02-02 #7690
This author of "The Bluest Eye" was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor in 2010 Toni Morrison $2,000 DJ AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS 2017-02-17 #7470
Anthony is the middle name of this award-winning author who released her 11th novel, "God Help the Child", in 2015 Toni Morrison DD $2,000 DJ AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS 2016-05-13 #7300
In 2012thisauthorreceiveda Presidential Medal of Freedom Toni Morrison $800 J AUTHORS 2016-01-05 #7207
Tales of bounty hunters chasing down escaped slaves inspired her to write "Beloved" Toni Morrison $1,200 DJ A BIT ABOUT AUTHORS 2015-06-24 #7098
This woman is truly "Beloved", winning a Pulitzer in 1988 & a Nobel in 1993 Toni Morrison DD $1,200 J NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS 2014-12-23 #6967
She taught at Howard University before writing "Song of Solomon" Toni Morrison $1,200 DJ AUTHORS NOT WRITING 2011-12-28 #6278
A graduate of Howard University, she won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993 Toni Morrison DD $2,000 J WOMEN WRITERS 2008-06-26 #5494
In 1977 her "Song of Solomon" became the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection by a black author in 37 years Toni Morrison $1,200 DJ AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS 2008-02-07 #5394
Milkman is the son of Ruth & Macon Dead in her novel "Song of Solomon" Toni Morrison $400 DJ WOMEN WRITERS 2005-01-03 #4681
A graduate of Howard University, she won the Nobel prize for Literature in 1993 Toni Morrison DD $1,000 J WOMEN WRITERS 2002-03-06 #4038
Thanks to Oprah, her 1970 novel "The Bluest Eye" was a bestseller in 2000 Toni Morrison $200 J WOMEN AUTHORS 2001-02-20 #3797
This African-American author set her first novel, "The Bluest Eye", in Lorain, Ohio, her birthplace Toni Morrison $800 DJ CONTEMPORARY WOMEN AUTHORS 1996-10-21 #2791
"Song of Solomon" was the 1st novel by this "Beloved" author to feature a male narrator Toni Morrison $600 DJ AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS 1996-09-16 #2766
This Ohio native won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her 1977 novel "Song of Solomon" Toni Morrison $800 DJ WOMEN AUTHORS 1994-12-14 #2368
In 1989 this "Beloved" author became a professor of Creative Writing at Princeton Toni Morrison DD $2,000 DJ BLACK AUTHORS 1992-01-08 #1698
This Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Beloved" was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931 Toni Morrison $500 J PEN NAMES 1991-05-20 #1561
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