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Alice Walker. Poet, essayist, and novelist Alice Walker was born in 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, to sharecroppers Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker. She earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. The author of numerous books, she "is one of the country's best-selling writers of literary fiction," according to Renee Tawa in the Los.
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Alice Walker is an African American writer best known for her fiction and essays that deal with themes of race and gender. Her novel The Color Purple (1982) won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and she has also published volumes of poetry, criticism, and nonfiction and is considered largely responsible for the resurrection of the work of author Zora Neale Hurston.
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Alice Walker is one of the most renowned โ and complex โ public figures of her generation. Born to sharecroppers in rural Georgia and raised in homes without electricity or indoor plumbing,.
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Subjects. Alice Walker, perhaps best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple ( 1982 ), has always been committed to social and political change. This was nowhere clearer than in The Color Purple, which brought to light questions of sexual abuse and violence in the black community, while demonstrating the liberatory.
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Notable Works: Alice Walker Top Facts Beyond being the brilliant author of the famous novel 'The Color Purple', this article presents you with other interesting things to know about Alice Walker. Written by Onyekachi Osuji B.A. in Public Administration, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
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Alice Walker (b. 1944) is an American writer, poet, and activist known for her insightful portrayal of African American life and culture. Her 1982 novel The Color Purple was the subject of a major motion picture and Broadway musical.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alice Walker is best known for her stories about African American women who achieve heroic stature within the borders of their ordinary day-to-day lives. Early life Alice Malsenior Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, to Willie Lee and Minnie Tallulah (Grant) Walker.
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Getty Images (1944-) Who Is Alice Walker? Born to sharecropper parents, Alice Walker grew up to become a highly acclaimed novelist, essayist and poet. She is best known for her 1982 novel.
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Bestselling author Alice Walker is best known for her 1982 novel, The Color Purple, which made her the first Black author to win a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for Fiction. But she.
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Fast Facts: Alice Walker Known For: Writer, feminist, and activist Born: February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia Parents: Minnie Tallulah Grant and Willie Lee Walker Education: East Putnam Consolidated, Butler-Baker High School in Eatonton, Spelman College, and Sarah Lawrence College
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Alice Walker See all media Category: Arts & Culture In full: Alice Malsenior Walker Born: February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. (age 79) Awards And Honors: Pulitzer Prize National Book Award O. Henry Award (1986) Notable Works: "A Poem Traveled Down My Arm" "Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth" "By the Light of My Father's Smile"
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Read poems by this poet. Poet, essayist, and novelist Alice Walker was born February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, the eighth and last child of sharecroppers Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker. She attended Spelman College and received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Walker's books of poetry include Hard Times Require Furious Dancing.
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Quick Facts Also Known As: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker Age: 79 Years, 79 Year Old Females Family: Spouse/Ex-: Melvyn Leventhal father: Willie Lee Walker mother: Minnie Lou Tallulah Grant children: Rebecca Walker Born Country: United States Quotes By Alice Walker African American Women Notable Alumni: Spelman College U.S. State: Georgia
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Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, to Willie Lee and Minnie Tallulah (Grant) Walker. Like many of Walker's fictional characters, she was a sharecropper's daughter and the youngest of eight children. At age eight, Walker was accidentally injured by a BB gun shot to her eye by her brother.
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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.
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Alice Walker is an African-American woman most famous for her Pulitzer Prize award-winning novel, 'The Color Purple.' She is a famous writer and activist who uses her writing to advocate for gender equality and stand against racism, oppression, and social injustice. [wps_row][wps_column size='1-2' center='no' ] Life Facts Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia.