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The couple married on March 17, 1967, in New York City, since interracial marriage was then illegal in the South, and divorced in 1976. [8] They had a daughter, Rebecca, together in 1969. [7] Rebecca Walker, Alice Walker's only child, is an American novelist, editor, artist, and activist.
Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944, Eatonton, Georgia, U.S.) is an American writer whose novels, short stories, and poems are noted for their insightful treatment of African American culture. Her novels, most notably The Color Purple (1982), focus particularly on women.
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Alice Walker is an internationally celebrated writer, poet and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.
Apr 3, 2014 · Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African American novelist and poet most famous for authoring 'The Color Purple.'
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…
Apr 23, 2022 · Alice Walker is one of the most renowned — and complex — public figures of her generation. Born to sharecroppers in rural Georgia and raised in homes without electricity or indoor plumbing,...
Nov 21, 2020 · Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944) is a writer and activist, perhaps best known as the author of "The Color Purple" and more than 20 other books and poetry collections . She is also known for recovering the work of Zora Neale Hurston and for her work against female circumcision.
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.
Book list – Alice Walker | The Official Website for American Novelist & Poet. Recent. Gathering Blossoms Under Fire, The Journals of Alice Walker | Edited by Valerie Boyd, 2022. New Poems, Taking The Arrow Out Of The Heart, 2018. The World Will Follow Joy; Turning Madness Into Flowers (poems) 2013.
