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Toni Morrison

Born

in Lorain, Ohio, The United States

February 18, 1931

Died

August 05, 2019

Website

https://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Race Studies

Influences

James Baldwin, Doris Lessing, Zora Neale Hurtson, Henry Dumas, William ...more

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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. Morrison earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University in 1955. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. Morrison became the first black female editor for fiction ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 1,412,711 ratings · 115,214 reviews · 203 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beloved 3.99 avg rating — 520,417 ratings — published 1987 — 288 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bluest Eye 4.14 avg rating — 331,082 ratings — published 1970 — 181 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of Solomon 4.17 avg rating — 136,952 ratings — published 1977 — 148 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sula 4.07 avg rating — 138,431 ratings — published 1973 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 41,685 ratings — published 1992 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recitatif 4.29 avg rating — 36,473 ratings — published 1983 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mercy 3.78 avg rating — 34,622 ratings — published 2008 — 89 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Help the Child 3.79 avg rating — 33,601 ratings — published 2015 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.87 avg rating — 30,391 ratings — published 1997 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home 3.84 avg rating — 29,764 ratings — published 2012 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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February 2017 New School Classic Poll

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence, 374, 1928

48 votes, 19.2%

Beloved by Toni Morrison, 324 pgs, 1987

45 votes, 18.0%

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, 607 pgs, 1994

30 votes, 12.0%

I, Claudius by Robert Graves, 468 pgs, 1934

22 votes, 8.8%

The Cider House Rules by John Irving, 973 pgs, 1985

20 votes, 8.0%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 231 pgs, 1939

16 votes, 6.4%

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, 355 pgs, 1961

15 votes, 6.0%

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, 216 pgs, 1940

11 votes, 4.4%

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, 228 pgs, 1951

11 votes, 4.4%

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, 314 pgs, 1944

8 votes, 3.2%

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pgs, 1922

7 votes, 2.8%

Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges, 174 pgs, 1944

7 votes, 2.8%

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, 367 pgs, 1984

7 votes, 2.8%

Centennial by James A. Michener, 1056 pgs, 1974

3 votes, 1.2%

250 total votes

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