Toni Morrison may be one of the greatest American writers in contemporary history. She has written ten novels and numerous children's books. She is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Beloved
1988 American Book Awards, Beloved
1993 Nobel Prize in Literature
2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Princeton University