Toni Morrison
1931 - 2019
General Information
Bio
(1931-2019) Novelist. Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, and died in the Bronx, New York. She was a winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.
Full Name
Toni Morrison
Locations
Onondaga
Author's Timeline
1931
BIRTH
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, on February 18, 1931.
1955
OTHER
Ms. Morrison earned a master's degree in English from Cornell University in 1955.
1965
RESIDENCE
Around 1965 Ms. Morrison moved to Syracuse, New York, and worked as an editor with Random House.
1968
RESIDENCE
In the late 1960s Ms. Morrison moved to New York City and worked as an editor at Random House.
1970
LITWORK
The Bluest Eye
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
0030850746 / 978-0030850745
Novel.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
0030850746 / 978-0030850745
Novel.
1973
LITWORK
Sula
Alfred A. Knopf
0394480449 / 978-0394480442
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0394480449 / 978-0394480442
Novel.
1977
LITWORK
Song Of Solomon
Alfred A. Knopf
0394497848 / 978-0394497846
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0394497848 / 978-0394497846
Novel.
1981
LITWORK
Tar Baby
Alfred A. Knopf
0394423291 / 978-0394423296
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0394423291 / 978-0394423296
Novel.
1987
LITWORK
Beloved
Alfred A. Knopf
0394535979 / 978-0394535975
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0394535979 / 978-0394535975
Novel.
1992
LITWORK
Jazz
Alfred A. Knopf
0679411674 / 978-0679411673
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0679411674 / 978-0679411673
Novel.
1997
LITWORK
Paradise
Alfred A. Knopf
0679433740 / 978-0679433743
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0679433740 / 978-0679433743
Novel.
2003
LITWORK
Love
Alfred A. Knopf
0375409448 / 978-0375409448
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0375409448 / 978-0375409448
Novel.
2008
LITWORK
A Mercy
Alfred A. Knopf
978-0307264237
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
978-0307264237
Novel.
2012
LITWORK
Home
Alfred A. Knopf
0307594165 / 978-0307594167
Novel.
Alfred A. Knopf
0307594165 / 978-0307594167
Novel.
2019
DEATH
Toni Morrison died at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, on August 5, 2019.
2019
RESIDENCE
Ms. Morrison lived in Grand View-on-Hudson, New York, at the time of her death.
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