Novelist Toni Morrison is born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio.
At a Glance
- Date
- 18 February 1931
- Location
- Lorain, Ohio
- Key people
- Toni Morrison
- Category
- Arts & Literature
- Source
- Beloved (1987); Nobel Prize (1993) · The Nobel Prize
What It Meant Then
She would become the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
What It Means Now
Beloved and her broader body of work anchor the modern American canon.
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