Walker, Alice, 1944-

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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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referencedIn Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Papers, 1936-2002 (inclusive), 1954-2002 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Haydn, Hiram Collins, 1907-1973,. Creative writing questionnaires for writing class at University of Pennsylvania, 1970-1972. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Russell, Brenda. The color purple / music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray ; book by Marsha Norman ; based upon the novel by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture ; [screenplay by Menno Meyjes], 2005. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Ferris, William R. William R. Ferris collection, 1919s-2003 (names H-W). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Reading at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / with Alice Walker. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
referencedIn Muriel Rukeyser Papers, 1844-1986, (bulk 1930-1979) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Joyce, Joyce Ann, 1949-. [Papers], 1950?-2001. Valdosta State University, Odum Library
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. [Reading and discussion at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] : part one / with Alice Walker]. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
creatorOf John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn John Henrik Clarke papers, 1937-1996 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers, 1917-2018 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Heilbrun, Carolyn G., 1926-2003. Feminist authors discussion group : transcript of a recording, nd. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Alice Walker papers, circa 1930-2014 Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Watch for me in the sunset, or The color purple : typescript / by Alice Walker, 1984 June 15. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000. Barbara Christian papers, 1967-2000. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Beam, Joseph. Joseph Beam papers, 1967-1990. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Reading and discussion at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / by Alice Walker : part I & 2. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
referencedIn Associated Students of Stanford University, Speakers Bureau, audio-visual materials, 1981-1996 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Robert E. Hemenway Personal Papers, 1906-2008 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library University Archives
referencedIn Swansea, Charleen. Charleen Swansea papers, 1928-2004. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Hernandez, Ester M. Ester M. Hernandez collection, ca. 1960-2000. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Radcliffe College Archives biography files, 1855-2007 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Office files : of The American Poetry Review, 1974-1977. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. [Alice Walker reading 1955 at Sarah Lawrence College] [sound recording]. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Reading and discussion at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] / with Alice Walker. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
referencedIn Patricia Rowe Willrich Papers, 1949-1996 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Newspaper and magazine clippings : the Color purple, 1985-86. Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection
referencedIn Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Papers, 1950-2006 New York University. Archives
referencedIn Voices from the Food Revolution: People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, An oral history project conducted by Judith Weinraub, 2009-2011 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Watch for the sunset or the color purple : ms., 1984 June 15. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Ziff, Lloyd. Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Muriel Rukeyser collection of papers, 1920-1976, 1931-1976 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Letters to John Ferrone, 1976-1990. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Guide to the Howard Zinn Papers, 1901-2010 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn The Ester M. Hernandez collection, 1957-2001 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. [Reading and discussion at Sarah Lawrence College [sound recording] : part two / with Alice Walker]. Sarah Lawrence College, Esther Raushenbush Library
referencedIn Charleen Swansea Papers, 1928-2004 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Christian, Barbara, 1943-2000. Sound recordings from the Barbara Christian papers [sound recording]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Tillie Olsen papers, 1930-1990. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Guide to the James E. Jackson and Esther Cooper Jackson Papers, 1917-2018 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Fellowship Commission. Photographs, 1946-1985 (Inclusive Dates). Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Stanford University. Associated Students. Speakers Bureau. Associated Students of Stanford University, Speakers Bureau, audio-visual materials, 1981-1996. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Harper's Magazine Records, 1847-1983, (bulk 1940-1983) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn A private conversation with Alice Walker [videorecording] / producer, Glenn Silber. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. 5 ALS, 1 ANS, 5 TLS, 1 TL, 1 postcard, 1965 Jan. 16-1967 July 7 : P.O. Box 8902, Nairobi, Kenya and 403 East 69th st., New York City, to Muriel Rukeyser. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Olsen, Tillie. Papers, 1930-1990 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
referencedIn Joseph Beam papers, 1967-1990 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
creatorOf Harper, Michael S., 1938-. Office files : of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1983. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Walker, Alice, 1944-. Watch for me in the sunset, or The color purple : typescript / by Alice Walker, 1984 June 15. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Kesner, Leilani Barnett. Women friends : enabling relationships in emancipatory novels by contemporary women writers / Leilani Barnett Kesner. University of Houston, Clear Lake, Alfred R. Neumann Library
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associatedWith Sarah Lawrence College. corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University. Associated Students. Speaker's Bureau corporateBody
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associatedWith Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010. person
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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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Birth 1944-02-09

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