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| − | '''Toni Morrison''' ( | + | '''Toni Morrison''' (born 1931) is a [[Nobel Prize]]-winning [[American]] [[author]]. Her best known novels are ''[[The Bluest Eye]]'', ''[[Song of Solomon]]'', and ''[[Beloved]]''. ''Beloved'' and ''The Bluest Eye'' are on the [[American Library Association]]'s ten most challenged books of 2006.<ref>http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=News&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=151926</ref> She endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 US Presidential election.<ref>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CGVRG</ref> |
Stylistically, her writings resemble ones of [[William Faulkner]], [[Virginia Woolf]] and [[James Joyce]]. | Stylistically, her writings resemble ones of [[William Faulkner]], [[Virginia Woolf]] and [[James Joyce]]. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | [http://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/ The Toni Morrison Society] | + | * [http://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/ The Toni Morrison Society] |
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| − | [[ | + | [[Category:Women Authors]] |
| − | [[ | + | [[Category:Nobel laureates in Literature]] |
[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]] | [[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]] | ||
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Toni Morrison (born 1931) is a Nobel Prize-winning American author. Her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved. Beloved and The Bluest Eye are on the American Library Association's ten most challenged books of 2006.[1] She endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election.[2]
Stylistically, her writings resemble ones of William Faulkner, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce.
Novels
- The Bluest Eye (1970)
- Sula (1974)
- Song of Solomon (1977) - National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
- Tar Baby (1981)
- Beloved (1987) - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Jazz (1992)
- Paradise (1999)
- Love (2003)