Her novel Beloved, which followed the story of a mother who killed her daughter to save her from a life of slavery, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988.
Riwaya yake Mpendwa, iliyofuata hadithi ya mama aliyemuua binti yake ili kumwokoa kutoka kwa maisha ya utumwa, ilishinda Tuzo la Pulitzer mnamo 1988.