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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) [2] is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction , which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple .
Aug 13, 2024 · Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.) is an American writer whose novels, short stories, and poems are noted for their insightful treatment of African American culture. Her novels, most notably The Color Purple (1982), focus particularly on women.
Apr 3, 2014 · Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African American novelist and poet most famous for authoring 'The Color Purple.'
I realize I am missing them; the world is missing them. Countless millions of human beings dispatched in horrific ways, their cultures ravaged and expropriated, even their jewelry – after the bloody chore of “mastering” – hung on necks undeserving of it.
Alice Walker is an internationally celebrated writer, poet and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.
Nov 21, 2020 · Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944) is a writer and activist, perhaps best known as the author of "The Color Purple" and more than 20 other books and poetry collections. She is also known for recovering the work of Zora Neale Hurston and for her work against female circumcision.
Walker is a feminist and vocal advocate for human rights, and she has earned critical and popular acclaim as a major American novelist and intellectual. Her literary reputation was secured with her Pulitzer Prize-winning third novel, The Color Purple (1982), which Steven Spielberg adapted into a popular film.
Apr 23, 2022 · Alice Walker is one of the most renowned — and complex — public figures of her generation. Born to sharecroppers in rural Georgia and raised in homes without electricity or indoor plumbing,...
Feb 14, 2014 · Walker made history as the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature as well as the National Book Award in 1983 for her novel “The Color Purple,” one of...
Noted American writer Alice Walker won a Pulitzer Prize for her stance against racism and sexism in such novels as The Color Purple (1982). People awarded this preeminent author of stories, essays, and poetry of the United States.
