Toni Morrison (1931–2019)
Autore di Amatissima
Sull'Autore
Serie
Opere di Toni Morrison
Race-ing Justice, En-Gendering Power: Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality (1992) — Editor, introduction; Introduzione — 308 copie
The Dancing Mind: Speech upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C ontribution to… (1996) 82 copie
Birth of a Nation'hood: Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case (1997) — A cura di; Introduzione — 66 copie
Goodness and the Literary Imagination: Harvard's 95th Ingersoll Lecture with Essays on Morrison's Moral and… (2019) 20 copie
Sweetness 9 copie
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 3 copie
A Toni Morrison Treasury: The Big Box; The Ant or the Grasshopper?; The Lion or the Mouse?; Poppy or the Snake?; Peeny… (2023) 3 copie
The Source of Self Regard 2 copie
Najplavlje oko 2 copie
Preaiubita 2 copie
Toni Morrison uncensored 2 copie
Morrison, Toni Archive 1 copia
Penny Butter Fudge 1 copia
Milosrđe 1 copia
Morrison Toni (Chloe Anthony) 1 copia
Six Novels - Toni Morrison 1 copia
PÉROLA NEGRA (PVL116) 1 copia
The Essential Guide 1 copia
On Peter Sellars 1 copia
We Do Language 1 copia
OOlho Maiz Azul 1 copia
2007 1 copia
Jugando en la oscuridad: El punto de vista blanco en la imaginación literaria (Biblioteca Afro Americana Madrid)… (2019) 1 copia
A Weekend at Blenheim 1 copia
2000 1 copia
Opere correlate
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1884) — Collaboratore — 1,367 copie
James Baldwin: Collected Essays, Notes of a Native Son, Nobody Knows My Name, The Fire Next Time, No Name in the… (1998) — A cura di — 1,015 copie
James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories: Go Tell It on the Mountain / Giovanni’s Room / Another Country / Going to… (1998) — A cura di — 562 copie
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Collaboratore — 156 copie
The House That Race Built: Original Essays by Toni Morrison, Angela Y. Davis, Cornel West, and Others on Black… (1997) — Collaboratore — 124 copie
Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women (1990) — Collaboratore — 103 copie
Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American (1999) — Collaboratore — 101 copie
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Collaboratore — 95 copie
Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Fiction by African-American Writers (1996) — Collaboratore — 88 copie
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About the Keepers of Our Traditions (1994) — Collaboratore — 76 copie
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power and Pleasure of Reading and Writing (2018) — Collaboratore — 66 copie
Jo's Girls: Tomboy Tales of High Adventure, True Grit, and Real Life (1997) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
Published and Perished: Memoria, Eulogies, and Remembrances of American Writers (2002) — Collaboratore — 36 copie
Nobel Lectures: 20 Years of the Nobel Prize for Literature Lectures (2007) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
American Experience: Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice [1989 TV episode] — Narratore — 4 copie
Presentask med fyra Nobelnoveller från Novellix : Steinbeck, Morrison m fl (2018) — Autore — 2 copie
African American Literature: A Concise Anthology from Frederick Douglass to Toni Morrison (2009) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Morrison, Chloe Anthony Wofford
- Altri nomi
- Wofford, Chloe Ardelia (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1931-02-18
- Data di morte
- 2019-08-05
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Lorain, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- pneumonia
- Luogo di residenza
- Washington, D.C., USA
Ithaca, New York, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Syracuse, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Albany, New York, USA (mostra tutto 7)
Princeton, New Jersey, USA - Istruzione
- Howard University (BA, English, 1953)
Cornell University (MA, American Literature, 1955) - Attività lavorative
- author
university professor
literary editor - Relazioni
- Morrison, Slade (son)
Brown, Sterling Allen (professor)
Polite, Carlene Hatcher (cousin) - Organizzazioni
- Random House
Princeton University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Book Award, Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters (1996)
Nobel Prize (1993)
National Humanities Medal (2000)
Norman Mailer Prize (2009)
Jefferson Lecture (1996)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1981) (mostra tutto 9)
Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry (2016)
PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction (2016)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012) - Agente
- Amanda Urban (ICM)
William Loverd - Breve biografia
- Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist, essayist, book editor, and college professor. 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); she gained worldwide recognition when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. In 1955, she earned a master's in American Literature from Cornell University. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. In the late 1960s, she became the first black female editor in fiction at Random House in New York City. In the 1970s and 1980s, she developed her own reputation as an author, and her perhaps most celebrated work, Beloved, was made into a 1998 film.
In 1996, the National Endowment for the Humanities selected her for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S. federal government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities. Also that year, she was honored with the National Book Foundation's Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. On May 29, 2012, President Barack Obama presented Morrison with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 2016, she received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction.
Utenti
Discussioni
Thornwillow Press - Song of Solomon in Fine Press Forum (Marzo 11)
Group Read: “Paradise” by Toni Morrison in 75 Books Challenge for 2021 (Marzo 2021)
Toni Morrison in Legacy Libraries (Novembre 2020)
March Group Read: Beloved by Toni Morrison in 2015 Category Challenge (Aprile 2015)
Group Read, January 2015: Sula in 1001 Books to read before you die (Gennaio 2015)
Toni Morrison- American Author Challenge in 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Mag 2014)
Group Read - Beloved in The 11 in 11 Category Challenge (Settembre 2011)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 107
- Opere correlate
- 51
- Utenti
- 79,601
- Popolarità
- #153
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 1,496
- ISBN
- 1,068
- Lingue
- 33
- Preferito da
- 362
- A proposito di
- 3
- Citazioni
- 2,358
Un romanzo molto elaborato sia per stile che per struttura (non è una lettura facile, ma vale lo sforzo): una prosa ricca e turgida, una varietà di toni e punti di vista, che alterna passaggi narrativi, dialoghi, descrizioni pittoriche (espressionistiche?) della Città e dei paesaggi della Virginia, monologhi che sembrano confessioni, e interventi della voce narrante che commenta ciò che fanno i personaggi, parla di se stessa, a un certo punto riscrive un pezzo che ha appena scritto; una voce narrante che non si capisce bene chi è ma forse è il libro stesso. E una struttura complessa, forse fin troppo, che va indietro e avanti tra il presente e il passato, che dopo la metà inizia una lunga digressione e poi torna alla vicenda principale, che rivela dettagli a poco a poco che il lettore deve mettere insieme. Ho letto che questa varietà di toni e stili e questa struttura riproducono le caratteristiche della musica jazz, ma questo non l'ho afferrato perché è un genere che non conosco (e per quel pochissimo che mi è capitato di orecchiarlo, non mi è piaciuto). Un romanzo di vite fatte di mancanza d'amore e desiderio d'amore, di sofferenze, offese, ingiurie, abbandoni (i personaggi sono quasi tutti orfani), che mostra la ferocia del razzismo americano verso i neri, ma che malgrado tutto mantiene un tono generale ottimista ed esuberante. E per finire facciamo un elogio alla traduttrice Franca Cavagnoli: tradurre un testo di questo genere deve essere veramente impegnativo, e per quel che posso intuire io l'ha fatto brillantemente.… (altro)