Toni Morrison

Vereinigte Staaten · Schriftsteller · Lebte 1931 bis 2019 · im Alter von 88

Toni Morrison wird in 112 Sprachen etwa 2.534 Mal am Tag gelesen.

Ein typischer Tag, 30 Tage bis 22. Oktober 2026

Der mittlere Tag der gezählten Tage, damit eine Nachrichtenwoche ihn nicht verschieben kann. Die Linie darunter zeigt die letzten 397 Tage, ein Punkt pro Tag.

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Toni Morrison (* 18. Februar 1931 als Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio; † 5. August 2019 in New York City) war eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin. Sie zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertreterinnen der afroamerikanischen Literatur und erhielt 1993 als erste schwarze Autorin den Literaturnobelpreis.

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20265,2×Geburtstag am 18. Februar.18. Februar 2026Worauf dieser Moment beruht, Am 18. Februar 2026 5,2-mal so viele Leser wie sonstMoment ansehen2019Gestorben5. August 20192014Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement AwardAuszeichnung2013PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary AwardAuszeichnung2011Library of Congress Prize for American FictionAuszeichnung2009Norman Mailer PrizeAuszeichnung2007Doctor Honoris Causa from the Paris-Sorbonne UniversityAuszeichnung2004NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, FictionAuszeichnung2000National Humanities MedalAuszeichnung1996Jefferson LectureAuszeichnung1993Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VIIAuszeichnung1992“In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.”Eigene Worte29. Januar 1992The Guardian (29 January 1992)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1989Ernannt: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the HumanitiesAmt1. Januar 1989“Beginning Beloved with numerals rather than spelled out numbers, it was my intention to give the house an identity separate from the street or even the city...”Eigene Worte"Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature" in Michigan Quarterly Review 28, no. 1 (Winter 1989)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1988Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAuszeichnungPulitzer Prize for FictionAuszeichnung1982Ohio Women's Hall of FameAuszeichnung1981“Was there anything so loathsome as a wilfully innocent man? Hardly. An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy.”Eigene WorteTar Baby (1981)Die ganze Aussage lesen

“Writing to me is an advanced and slow form of reading. If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”Eigene WorteSeptember 1981Morrison said this in her talk at the annual meeting of the Ohio Arts Council in Cincinnati in September 1981. Variants, unsourced:Die ganze Aussage lesen

1979“Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about "us"; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.”Eigene WorteMai 1979Commencement address at Barnard College (May 1979) as quoted in Ms. magazine (September 1979)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1978Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAuszeichnung1977Janet Heidinger Kafka PrizeAuszeichnung1969“Here is the house. It is green and white. It has a red door. It is very pretty.”Eigene WorteThe Bluest Eye (1969) First linesDie ganze Aussage lesen

1931Geboren18. Februar 1931

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Autografo di Toni Morrison (Biblioteca Italiana delle Donne di Bologna, cropped)

Beloved (1987 1st ed dust jacket cover)

Broadway director Harold Prince receives the Golden Plate award from Nobel laureate Toni Morrison at the American Academy of Achievement’s 46th annual International Achievement Summit in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 23, 2007

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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
29. Jan. 1992, The Guardian (29 January 1992), Eigene Worte
Beginning Beloved with numerals rather than spelled out numbers, it was my intention to give the house an identity separate from the street or even the city...
1989, "Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature" in Michigan Quarterly Review 28, no. 1 (Winter 1989), Eigene Worte
All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
1989, As quoted in Grace Notes (1989) by Rita Dove, Eigene Worte