Toni Morrison
About
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Music (Feature Film)
Special Thanks (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Life Events
1955
Taught English at Texas Southern University in Houston
1964
Worked as a textbook editor in Syracuse, NY following divorce from Harold Morrison
1966
Worked as editor at NYC headquarters of Random House
1970
Made publishing debut with The Bluest Eye, written while teaching at Howard University
1973
Received National Book Award nomination for second novel Sula
1977
Wrote breakthrough novel Song of Solomon; won National Books Critics Circle Award
1987
Won Pulitzer Prize for fiction and American Book Award for critically successful Beloved
1993
Became first African-American woman to receive Nobel Prize in Literature
1996
Song of Solomon became second novel selected in Oprah Winfrey's popular Book Club
1998
Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover starred in feature adaptation "Beloved"
1999
Co-wrote children's book The Big Box with son Slade Morrison
2005
Was a jury member at Cannes Film Festival
2006
Invited by the Louvre Museum in Paris, France to guest-curate a month-long series of events across the arts
2012
Received Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama
