Morrison, Toni (Chloe Anthony)
Morrison, Toni (Chloe Anthony), née Wofford ( 1931 – ),American novelist, born in Lorain, Ohio, educated at Howard University, where she later taught, and at Cornell. She married Howard Morrison , a Jamaican architect, but separated from him in 1964 . Before becoming a professional writer she worked in publishing, as an editor for Random House. Her novels deal with the historical experiences of black Americans within a white social and cultural environment. The Bluest Eye ( 1970 ) recounts a year in the life of Pecola Breedlove , a victim of rape by her father. Succeeding novels included Sula ( 1974 ), the story of two young black girls, one of whom leaves the small Ohio community of their birth and returns ten years later; Song of Solomon ( 1977 ); and Tar Baby ( 1981 ). Beloved ( 1987 ) was set in the 19th cent. and is the story of a runaway slave who kills her daughter rather...
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