TONI MORRISON

United States

Biography

Toni Morrison is a famous Nobel laureate in Literature. In her passionate novels she describes racial segregation, the subversiveness and the revolt of Afro-Americans. Toni Morrison was born in Chloe Anthony Wofford on 18 February 1931 in Lorain, Ohio, US, is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor.
Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of "The 30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal.

Bibliography

• The Bluest Eye, 1970
• Sula, 1974
• Song of Solomon, 1977
• Tar Baby, 981
• Beloved, 1987
• Jazz, 1992
• Paradise, 1999
• Love, 2003
• A Mercy, 2008