Alice Walker

Also known as Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice Walker Leventhal, Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker

American author and activist (born 1944)

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Alice Walker is an American author and activist born in 1944, best known for her novels and essays that explore themes of race, gender, and social justice. Her work has profoundly influenced American literature and culture by giving voice to the experiences of African American women and marginalized communities.

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Eatonton, Georgia, USA

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker 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. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah…

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The World According to Allee Willis — Self2024
Daedalus — Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)2024
Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey — Self2023
When I See Them, I See Us2021
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke — Self2019
Flannery — Self2019
Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil — Narrator2015
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal — Self2013
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth — Self2013

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Instance of: human
Given name: Alice
Family name: Walker
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Eatonton
Child: Rebecca Walker
Educated at: Russell Sage College
Employer: Wellesley College
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: National Book Award
Field of work: essay
Official website: www.alicewalkersgarden.com
Image: Alice Walker 2009 (facecrop).jpg

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Commons category: Alice Walker
date of birth: 1944-02-09
topic's main category: Category:Alice Walker
medical condition: one-eyed
nominated for: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ethnic group: African Americans
birth name: Alice Malsenior Walker
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relative: Reggie Watts
writing language: English language
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies
sexual orientation: bisexuality

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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) 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. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.

Walker, born in rural Georgia, overcame challenges such as childhood injury and segregation to become high school valedictorian and graduate from Sarah Lawrence College. She began her writing career with her first book of poetry, Once, and later wrote novels, including her best-known work, The Color Purple. As an activist, Walker participated in the Civil Rights Movement, advocated for women of color through the term "womanism," and has been involved in animal advocacy and pacifism. Additionally, she has taken a strong stance on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel.

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