escritora, romancista, libretista, professora universitária, poeta, escritora de literatura infantil, narrador de audiolivros, redactora
Prêmios
Nobel da Literatura (6 700 000 coroa sueca, who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality, 1993)
Cavaleiro da Legião de Honra
Comendador das Artes e das Letras
Norman Mailer Prize (2009)
Medalha Nacional de Humanidades (2000)
The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal (2013)
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award (2013)
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (Song of Solomon, 1977)
Prêmios American Book (Beloved, 1988)
Prêmio Anisfield-Wolf (Beloved, 1988)
Prémio Pulitzer de Ficção (Beloved, 1988)
Helmerich Award (1988)
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (1989)
Jefferson Lecture (1996)
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction (Amor (romance de Toni Morrison), 2004)
Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade (2012)
Lenda Viva da Biblioteca do Congresso (2000–)
Hall da Fama das Mulheres de Ohio (1982)
Langston Hughes Medal (1981)
Hall da Fama de New Jersey
Honorary doctor of the Paris-Sorbonne University (2007)
Doutor Honoris Causa da Universidade de Oxford
doutor honoris causa da Universidade de Genebra
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2011)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2010)
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1977)
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award (2014)
Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors
Coretta Scott King Award (2005)
honorary degree from Spelman College (1978)
Empregador(a)
Universidade de Princeton
Obras destacadas
O olho mais azul, Sula, Song of Solomon, Beloved, Tar Baby, Jazz (romance), Paradise, Amor (romance de Toni Morrison), A Mercy, Home, God Help the Child
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