Toni Morrison

Award Received

32 items

(1993)

: who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality

Award Rationale

: som genom en romankonst präglad av visonär kraft och poetisk pregnans levandegör en väsentlig sida av amerikansk verklighet

Point in Time

: 1993

Prize Money

: 6,700,000 Swedish krona

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎

Norman Mailer Prize

(2009)

Point in Time

: 2009

National Humanities Medal

(2000)

Point in Time

: 2000

The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal

(2013)

Point in Time

: 2013

PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award

(2013)

Point in Time

: 2013

Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize

(1977)

:

: 1977

(1988)

:

: 1988

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

(1988)

For Work

:

Beloved

Point in Time

: 1988

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

(1988)

:

: 1988

(1988)

: 1988

Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service

(1989)

Point in Time

: 1989

Jefferson Lecture

(1996)

Point in Time

: 1996

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

(2004)

For Work

:

Love

Point in Time

: 2004

Presidential Medal of Freedom

(2012)

Conferred By

:

Barack Obama

Point in Time

: 2012

Library of Congress Living Legend

(April 2000 - )

Start Time

: April 2000

Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

(1982)

Point in Time

: 1982

Langston Hughes Medal

(1981)

Point in Time

: 1981

New Jersey Hall of Fame

(2008)

Point in Time

: 2008

Doctor Honoris Causa From the Paris-Sorbonne University

(2007)

Point in Time

: 2007

Honorary Doctor of the University of Oxford

Honorary Doctorate From the University of Geneva

Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

(2011)

Point in Time

: 2011

Carl Sandburg Literary Award

(2010)

Point in Time

: 2010

National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

(1977)

For Work

:

Song of Solomon

Point in Time

: 1977

Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award

(2014)

Point in Time

: 2014

Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

Coretta Scott King Award

(2005)

Point in Time

: 2005

Honorary Degree From Spelman College

(1978)

Point in Time

: 1978

Honorary Doctorate From the University of Paris-VII

(7/12/1993)

Point in Time

: 7/12/1993

Honorary Doctorate From ENS

(5/16/2003)

Point in Time

: 5/16/2003

Place of Birth

Lorain

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

2/18/1931

Instance Of

Human

Given Name

Tones

Named After

:

Anthony of Padua

Object of Statement Has Role

:

Baptismal Name in Anglicanism

Chloe

Series Ordinal

:1

Occupation

Employer

Princeton University

(1989 - )

Position Held

:

Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities

Start Time

: 1989

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Nominated For

National Book Award for Fiction

(1975)

For Work

:

Sula

Point in Time

: 1975

National Book Award for Fiction

(1987)

For Work

:

Beloved

Point in Time

: 1987

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

(1988)

For Work

:

Beloved

Point in Time

: 1988

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

(1994)

Point in Time

: 1994

Dublin Literary Award

(2000)

For Work

:

Paradise

Point in Time

: 2000

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction

(2004)

For Work

:

Love

Point in Time

: 2004

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children

(2004)

Point in Time

: 2004

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children

(2010)

Point in Time

: 2010

Name in Native Language

Chloe Ardelia Wofford

Reason for Deprecated Rank

:

Uncitedness

Genre

African American Literature

Field of Work

Poetry

Literature

African American Literature

American Literature

English Studies

Family Name

Morrison

Object of Statement Has Role

:

Married Name

Wofford

Object of Statement Has Role

:

Name at Birth

Birth Name

Chloe Ardelia Wofford

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Image

Sex or Gender

Female

Date of Death

8/5/2019

Place of Death

The Bronx

New York City

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Cause of Death

Pneumonia

Named After

Anthony of Padua

Described by Source

Obálky Knih

URL

:bug2: http://wikiba.se/ontology#Url

Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers

Notable Black American Women

American Women Writers

:Morrison, Toni

:369–371

:Anne Koenen

Archives At

Princeton University Library

Relative

Cecilia Rouse

Kinship to Subject

:

Daughter-in-Law

Spouse

(1958 - 1964)

:

: 1958

: 1964

Official Website

https://tonimorrisonsociety.org

Place of Burial

South-View Cemetery

Religion or Worldview

Catholicism

(1943 - )

Start Time

: 1943

Educated At

( - 1949)

: 1949

(1953)

:

: 1953

(1955)

:

: 1955

Academic Degree

Honorary Doctor of Letters

(May 2011)

:

: May 2011

(1955)

:

: 1955

(1953)

:

: 1953

Notable Work

11 items

Position Held

Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities

(1989 - )

Start Time

: 1989

Described at URL

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Toni Morrison

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