Walker, Alice, 1944-

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Dates:
Birth 1944-02-09
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia), 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.[3][4] 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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  • American literature
  • African American political activists
  • African American women authors
  • African American women poets
  • American poetry
  • Civil rights movement
  • Female circumcision
  • Feminism
  • Womanism
  • Women's rights

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)

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