Toni Morrison, Librettist
One of the most honored writers of our time, Toni Morrison has received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters (Paris) among many other awards. A Nobel Laureate, Toni Morrison's seven novels, The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, Beloved, Jazz, and Paradise, have received extensive critical acclaim. She has edited several books of essays on a wide variety of subjects. Ms. Morrison has written lyrics for Kathleen Battle, (commissioned by Carnegie Hall), Sylvia McNair, and Jessye Norman. She was a senior editor at Random House for twenty years.

Toni Morrison is a founding member of the Academie Universelle Des Culture, a trustee of the New York Public Library, member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and The International Parliament of Writers and Author's Guild. She served on the National Council of the Arts, and is a member of the Africa Watch and Helsinki Watch Committees on Human Rights. Toni Morrison was appointed Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University in the Spring of 1989.