Born name

Chloe Ardelia Wofford

Nickname / pseudonym

Toni, Toni Morrison

Sun sign

Aquarius

Place of birth

Lorain, Ohio, United States

Residence

New York, United States

nationality

training

Toni Morrison graduated from Lorain High School . She studied Latin at school.

After graduating from high school, she completed her college education at Howard University . She graduated from Howard in 1953 with an English major. She continued her studies and earned her Masters in Arts from Cornell University in 1955.

occupation

Novelist, Writer

family

• Father – George Wofford
• Mother – Ramah (née Willis)
• Siblings – Toni Morrison is the second of four children in her family.

Manager

Toni Morrison is affiliated with Die Random House Verlagsgruppe (book publisher), New York.

Build

Average

Toni Morrison was of average build even at a young age.

Height

Toni Morrison’s exact height is unknown.

weight

Toni Morrison can weigh 85 kg

spouse

Toni Morrison was married to –

• Harold Morrison (1958-1964) – Toni Morrison met Jamaican architect Harold Morrison at Howard University while she was teaching English in 1957. They married in 1958. The couple have two sons together. However, the relationship did not go well and the couple separated and divorced in 1964. In 1964, after the couple separated, she gave birth to their second son, Slade.

race/ethnicity

Schwarz

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

Writing peculiarities

• Focused on black women
• storytelling style
• Changing the Euro-American dichotomies
• Theme of beauty and ugliness

measurements

Toni Morrison’s exact measurements are not known.

shoe size

Toni Morrison’s shoe size is unknown.

brand promotion

Toni Morrison has not endorsed any of the brands.

Religion

Roman Catholic

Known for

Toni Morrison is best known for her first novel The Bluest Eye which was published in 1970.

She has also received awards for Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1977) and Beloved (1987).

first novel

Toni Morrison had written The Bluest Eye as a short story for a meeting at Howard University. She later developed this story as her first novel, published in 1970.

First TV show

In 1981, Toni Morrison appeared on The South Bank Show , a TV documentary series in the episode ” Toni Morrison . ” “

First film accepted

The first film adapted from her novel is Beloved which was released in 1998. The film had Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover as the main characters.

Personal trainer

Toni Morrison has never hired a personal trainer. She believes in living well and doing great work for people.

Toni Morrison favorite things

• Authors – Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy
• Hobby – Music
• Writers – William Shakespeare, Faulkner, Gustave Flaubert

Toni Morrison facts

1. Toni Morrison’s novels have received critical acclaim for their subject matter about African Americans. She won the American Book Prize and Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved in 1993, she was awarded the most prestigious Nobel Prize in English literature.
2. She also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the President of the United States, Barack Obama, on May 29, 2012.
3. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Wofford but uses the pseudonym is Toni Morrison. She was christened Anthony at the age of 12, which was later shortened to Toni, her current name. Morrison is her husband’s surname.
4. She has played a pivotal role in bringing black literature back to the mainstream, editing books written by black authors such as Henry Dumas , Toni Bambara , Angela Davis , and Gayl Jones .
5. She has also received notable awards from various colleges and universities. Among them, Barnard College has awarded her the highest distinction, the Barnard Medal of Distinction . In June 2005, she received an honorary doctorate from Oxford University .
6. Toni Morrison publicly endorsed Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary contest for the 2008 presidential election.
7. Her papers are part of Princeton University ‘s permanent library collection .
8. Morrison has taught at Howard University, Princeton University, State University of New York, and Rutgers University: New Brunswick Campus.
9. Toni Morrison can be followed on Facebook.
10. Visit her author profile at Knopf Doubleday.
11. You may want to check out Toni Morrison’s books on Amazon.