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Toni Morrison

1931 - 2019

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Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toni Morrison is the 78th most popular writer (up from 93rd in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from United States (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Writer.

Toni Morrison is most famous for her novel "Beloved."

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Among writers, Toni Morrison ranks 78 out of 7,302. Before her are Robert Frost, Romain Rolland, Charles Perrault, Umberto Eco, Giacomo Casanova, and Sappho. After her are George R. R. Martin, Lord Byron, Nikolai Gogol, D. H. Lawrence, Daniel Defoe, and Abu Nuwas.

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Among people born in 1931, Toni Morrison ranks 4. Before her are Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Rajneesh. After her are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Raúl Castro, Tomas Tranströmer, James Dean, Chun Doo-hwan, Isabel Martínez de Perón, Mário Zagallo, and Robert Duvall. Among people deceased in 2019, Toni Morrison ranks 1. After her are Jacques Chirac, Niki Lauda, Karl Lagerfeld, David J. Thouless, Mohamed Morsi, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Robert Mugabe, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, and Rutger Hauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Toni Morrison ranks 65 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Frost (1874), Wallis Simpson (1896), James Watson (1928), Andy Warhol (1928), Bill Clinton (1946), and Marlon Brando (1924). After her are George R. R. Martin (1948), Bob Dylan (1941), Richard Nixon (1913), Bill Gates (1955), David Lynch (1946), and Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Toni Morrison ranks 8. Before her are T. S. Eliot (1888), Emily Dickinson (1830), Ernest Hemingway (1899), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Mark Twain (1835), and Robert Frost (1874). After her are George R. R. Martin (1948), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929), Jack London (1876), and Stephen King (1947).

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