Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison was an American novelist and editor. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987). Some of her other works include Sula (1973) and the short story "Recitatif" (1983). The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993, announced October 7, 1993. Toni Morrison, “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality”. Toni Morrison: born 1931, Lorain, OH, USA. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).