Toni Morrison (1931- )
American novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1993), National Book Award Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1996)
Toni Morrison (1931- ) : American novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1993), National Book Award Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1996).
Toni Morrision was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in Lorain, Ohio in 1931. The second of four children in a working-class black family, Morrison studied English Literature at Cornell and Howard Universities and worked as a researcher at both Howard and Yale. Today she shares her time between New York and Princeton, New Jersey where she teaches at the University. She has written many novels, amongst them: “The Bluest Eye” (1970), “Sula” (1973), “Song of Solomon” (1978, awarded that same year with the National Book Critics Circle Award), “Tar Baby” (1981), “Beloved” (1988, awarded with the 1988 Pulitzer Prize), and “Jazz” (1992). She is also known for her essays: “Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination” and “Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power,” part of a collection in which she explores racial consciousness and literary expression. In 1993, Toni Morrison was award the Nobel Prize in Literature for the full body of her works.
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Μυθιστορήματα της Toni Morrison στη βιβλιοθήκη
Morrison, Toni. Sula. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 1997. (Μ MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Αγαπημένη. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 1989. (Μ MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Το τραγούδι του Σόλομον. Αθήνα: Οδυσσέας, 1983. (Μ MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Sula. London: Vintage, 2005. (M MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Beloved: a novel. Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1998. (M MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. (F MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Love. London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. (F MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Sula. London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. (F MOR)
Morrison, Toni. Paradise. London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. (F MOR)
Άλλα βιβλία της Toni Morrison
Morrison, Toni. Έλεος. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 2009.
Morrison, Toni. Αγάπη. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 2007.
Morrison, Toni. Παράδεισος. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 1998.
Morrison, Toni. Γαλάζια μάτια. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 1998.
Morrison, Toni. Τζαζ. Αθήνα: Νεφέλη, 1994.
Ενδιαφέροντα άρθρα και ιστοσελίδες
http://www.goodreads.com/videos/3057-toni-morrison-reads-from-a-mercy (Από την ιστοσελίδα Goodreads: Η συγγραφέας διαβάζει απόσπασμα από το βιβλίο της «A mercy”)
http://www.biography.com/people/toni-morrison-9415590 (Βιογραφία της T. Morrison στην ιστοσελίδα bio.)
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-lecture.html (Η ομιλία της T. Morrison κατά την τελετή παραλαβής του βραβείου Νόμπελ)
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/13/toni-morrison-home-son-love (Συνέντευξη της T. Morrison στην εφημερίδα The Guardian)
http://nymag.com/news/features/toni-morrison-2012-5/ (H “T. Morrison και η Chloe Wofford” – το πραγματικό όνομα της συγγραφέως - στο περιοδικό New York)
http://www.humanity.org/voices/commencements/toni-morrison-wellesley-college-speech-2004 (Η ομιλία της T. Morrison στην τελετή αποφοίτησης στο Wellesley College τον Μάιο του 2004)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliapugachevsky/impossibly-beautiful-toni-morrison-quotes#.brjnQogRK (Γνωμικά της T. Morrison)
http://www.tovima.gr/books-ideas/article/?aid=774271 (Συνέντευξη της T. Morrison στον Γ. Μπέκο - Το Βήμα / βιβλία)