Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was an American novelist, editor, and professor celebrated for her richly textured narratives about the African American experience; she received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved. Morrison's major works include The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Lorain
- Educated at
- Lorain High SchoolCornell University
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Nobel Prize in Literature🏆 American Book Awards
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order."
"Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it."
"You can't own a human being. You can't lose what you don't own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want somebody like that? Someb…"
"Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurit…"
"How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they didn't love it. The minute they arrive at the train…"
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1931
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Birth2019
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