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Alice Walker | |
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 Alice Walker | |
| Born | February 9, 1944 Eatonton, Georgia, USA |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, poet, political activist |
| Period | 1970– |
| Genre | African American literature |
| Notable works | The Color Purple |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1983 National Book Award 1983 |
| Spouse | Melvyn Roseman Leventhal (married 1967, divorced 1976) |
| Partner | Robert Allen, Tracy Chapman |
| Children | Rebecca Walker |
| Website | |
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Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the novel The Color Purple (1982). She won the National Book Award [1] and the Pulitzer Prize for the novel.[2]
- ↑ "National Book Awards - 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
(With essays by Anna Clark and Tarayi Jones from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.) - ↑ "Fiction". Past winners and finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-17.