Alice Walker
Gender: Female
Birthday: 1944-02-09
Place of Birth: Eatonton, Georgia, USA
Also Known As: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Biography
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 Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. 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.
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Known For
1978The South Bank Show
2024Hollywood Black
2024The World According to Allee Willis
2023Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2013Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
2021When I See Them, I See Us
2019Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke
2004Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
2008In Prison My Whole Life
2019Flannery
2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
2024Daedalus
1991A Place of Rage
1983Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
1989Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker
2015Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
1977