It was published in 1987 and received the Pulitzer for fiction in 1988. In 1993 ,Toni Morrison was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature,becoming the first African American woman writer to win this distinction.

• 《宠儿》出版于1987年并荣获1988年的普利策奖。 1993年，托尼·莫里森被授予诺贝尔文学奖，成为第一位获此殊荣的非洲裔美国女作家。