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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison, known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Born: February 18, 1931, Lorain, OH
Died: August 5, 2019, Montefiore Hospital, New York, NY

Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, MORE

Education: Cornell University, Howard University, Lorain High School

Children: Slade Morrison, Harold Ford Morrison