Alice Walker

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1944. February 9.
  • Place of birth: 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 subseque...

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