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Toni Morrison


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

Died
August 05, 2019

Website

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Race Studies

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


Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was 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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Average rating: 3.99 · 1,039,012 ratings · 66,123 reviews · 193 distinct works • Similar authors
Beloved
3.93 avg rating — 407,359 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions
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The Bluest Eye
4.11 avg rating — 229,715 ratings — published 1970 — 208 editions
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Song of Solomon
4.13 avg rating — 105,950 ratings — published 1977 — 189 editions
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Sula
4.01 avg rating — 86,823 ratings — published 1973 — 148 editions
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Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
3.87 avg rating — 29,562 ratings — published 1992 — 132 editions
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God Help the Child
3.77 avg rating — 28,478 ratings — published 2015 — 80 editions
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A Mercy
3.73 avg rating — 27,451 ratings — published 2008 — 100 editions
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Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
3.84 avg rating — 25,960 ratings — published 1997 — 105 editions
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Home
3.81 avg rating — 23,414 ratings — published 2012 — 39 editions
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Tar Baby
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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
tags: books, writing
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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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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved
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