Awards and Honors

“Nothing ever quite equals the profound pleasure of receiving honors from people in one’s own home.” —Toni Morrison, in a letter to the Ohioana Library Association

1975 – National Book Award nomination, for Sula

1975 – Ohioana Book Award, for Sula

1977 – National Book Critics Circle Award, for Song of Solomon

1977 – American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, for Song of Solomon

1986 – New York State Governor's Art Award

1987 – National Book Award nomination

1987 – National Book Critics Circle Award nomination

1988 – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for Beloved

1988 – Robert F. Kennedy Award, for Beloved

1988 – American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, for Beloved

1993 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton Award, National Organization of Women

1993 – Nobel Prize in Literature

1994 – Pearl Buck Award

1994 – Rhegium Julii Prize

1994 – Condorcet Medal (Paris, France)

1994 – Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (Paris, France),

1996 – Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, National Book Foundation

2001 – National Humanities Medal

2004 – Ohioana Book Award, category of fiction, for Love.

2005 – Coretta Scott King Book Award, for Remember: The Journey to School
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