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Toni Morrison

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born
in Lorain, Ohio, The United States
February 18, 1931

gender
female

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Race Studies

influences
James Baldwin, William Faulkner, Doris Lessing, Herman Melville


About this author

Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), is an American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality."
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.


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Toni Morrison's Books

Average rating: 3.78 · 319,462 ratings · 14,220 reviews · 91 distinct works · Similar authors
Beloved
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 138,459 ratings — published 1987 — 95 editions
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The Bluest Eye
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 67,860 ratings — published 1970 — 71 editions
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Song of Solomon
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 34,743 ratings — published 1977 — 62 editions
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Sula
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 23,322 ratings — published 1973 — 58 editions
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Paradise
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 11,806 ratings — published 1991 — 34 editions
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A Mercy
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 9,770 ratings — published 2008 — 42 editions
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Jazz
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 9,545 ratings — published 1992 — 40 editions
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Tar Baby
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 8,308 ratings — published 1981
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Home
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 5,793 ratings — published 2012 — 41 editions
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Love
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 4,548 ratings — published 2003 — 42 editions
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved
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“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
tags: burdens, empowerment, flying, freedom, unburdening, weight
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