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