TONI MORRISON, Writer, Novelist, Editor, Educator and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on this day, 2/18/1931 in Lorraine, Ohio.
Morrison is one of the most significant writers/novelists of her generation.
She has won numerous literary awards and honorary degrees, including the PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL of FREEDOM in 2012.
In 1993 she was given the highest award for any writer, the NOBEL PRIZE for LITERATURE. Morrison was the first Black woman to be given such an honor.
Toni Morrison is a living literary ICON.
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