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Toni Morrison's Life in Weeks

First African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her novels explored the Black American experience with lyrical prose and unflinching honesty.

1931–2019 American Novelist & Editor 4,611 weeks (88 years)

Toni Morrison's 4,611 Weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

4,611
Total Weeks
32,277
Days Lived
5
Key Milestones
88
Years

Key Milestones

Age 18 · Week ~936

Enrolled at Howard University, where she joined the repertory theater

Age 39 · Week ~2,028

Published her first novel, The Bluest Eye

Age 46 · Week ~2,392

Published Song of Solomon, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award

Age 56 · Week ~2,912

Published Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize

Age 62 · Week ~3,224

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

Legacy

Wrote Beloved, Song of Solomon, and Sula, novels that illuminated the African American experience. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

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