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Alice Walker is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple. She is also a human rights activist, especially in the Anti-War and Anti-FGM movements.
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Fast Facts
- Born: February 9th, 1944
- Origin: Eatonton, Georgia
- Has one daughter, Rebecca Walker
- Practicing vegetarian
- First African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize
- Found Zora Neale Hurston's grave site and placed marker on it
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Notable Works
- 1970: The Third Life of Grange Copeland
- 1973: Everyday Use
- 1973: In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women
- 1973: Roselily
- 1976: Meridian (novel)
- 1982: The Color Purple
- 1982: You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories
- 1983: Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self
- 1986: Am I Blue?
- 1988: To Hell With Dying
- 1989: The Temple of My Familiar
- 1991: Finding the Green Stone
- 1992: Possessing the Secret of Joy
- 1994: The Complete Stories
- 1998: By The Light of My Father's Smile
- 2000: The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart
- 2005: Now Is The Time to Open Your Heart
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Quotes
- "Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week." - Alice Walker
- "Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence." - Alice Walker
- "It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all." - Alice Walker
- "I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television and just be savaged by stuff that belittles their intelligence." - Alice Walker
- "...For me, Black women are the most fascinating creations in the world." - Alice Walker
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-Não pode ser seu amigo quem exige seu silêncio ou atrapalha seu crescimento. (Alice Walker)
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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker (Author of The Color Purple)
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Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel - $14.95
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritu...
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The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart - $14.00
"These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ...
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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose - $16.00
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as ablack woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces rangingfrom the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays aboutother wr...
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Charlie Rose with Moshe Safdie; Stuart Stevens; Alice Walker (June 27, 1997) - $24.95
Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie talks to Charlie about building the Yitzhak Rabin memorial as well as his new book, The City After the Automobile: An Architect's Vision. Next, author Stuart Stevens tells Charlie about the restaurants he...
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We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness - $23.95
A beautifully packaged book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the incomparable Pulitzer Prize-winner—a woman who has devoted her life to befriending the earth.From the Introduction: "In f...
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View All Alice Walker Questions (59) | Ask a Questionwhats your first book called? (1 Answer)The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970) http://www.amazon.com/Third-Life-Grange-Copeland/dp/0156028360/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s;=books&qid;=1234289048&sr;=8-1 read moreWhat awards has Alice Walker won? (1 Answer)According to her web site she has won... "In 1983, The Color Purple won The Pulitzer Prize, as well as the National Book Award . She also won the 1986 ... read moreDo you think Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell is too young for Paul Walker? (3 Answers)I totally disagree with the relationship due to their age when they started dating. At 16, kids are too young to know what they really want in life. Now, at ... read moreHave you ever bought groceries online through an online retailer such as Alice.com? (1 Answer)I did when I lived in the UK, and bought all my groceries online (10 years ago) and had them delivered direcly to my home. I found it most successful. ... read more
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-Não pode ser seu amigo quem exige seu silêncio ou atrapalha seu crescimento. (Alice Walker)
@marjoriefb | November 15, 2009 05:02 PM -
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RT @justsweetangel: The most common way people give up their poweris by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker ~ (via @GaryLoper)
@lelewismn | November 15, 2009 03:25 PM -
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker
@ceosiris | November 15, 2009 07:40 AM -
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker (Author of The Color Purple)
@LadyMaryJames | November 15, 2009 06:30 AM
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-Não pode ser seu amigo quem exige seu silêncio ou atrapalha seu crescimento. (Alice Walker)
@marjoriefb | November 15, 2009 05:02 PM -
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RT @justsweetangel: The most common way people give up their poweris by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker ~ (via @GaryLoper)
@lelewismn | November 15, 2009 03:25 PM -
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker
@ceosiris | November 15, 2009 07:40 AM -
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker (Author of The Color Purple)
@LadyMaryJames | November 15, 2009 06:30 AM
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Alice Walker on Amazon | View All
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Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel - $14.95
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritu...
Amazon -
The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart - $14.00
"These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ...
Amazon -
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose - $16.00
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as ablack woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces rangingfrom the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays aboutother wr...
Amazon -
Charlie Rose with Moshe Safdie; Stuart Stevens; Alice Walker (June 27, 1997) - $24.95
Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie talks to Charlie about building the Yitzhak Rabin memorial as well as his new book, The City After the Automobile: An Architect's Vision. Next, author Stuart Stevens tells Charlie about the restaurants he...
Amazon -
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness - $23.95
A beautifully packaged book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the incomparable Pulitzer Prize-winner—a woman who has devoted her life to befriending the earth.From the Introduction: "In f...
Amazon
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Alice Walker on Twitter Powered by Twitter
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-Não pode ser seu amigo quem exige seu silêncio ou atrapalha seu crescimento. (Alice Walker)
@marjoriefb | November 15, 2009 05:02 PM -
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RT @justsweetangel: The most common way people give up their poweris by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker ~ (via @GaryLoper)
@lelewismn | November 15, 2009 03:25 PM -
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” Alice Walker
@ceosiris | November 15, 2009 07:40 AM -
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. ~ Alice Walker (Author of The Color Purple)
@LadyMaryJames | November 15, 2009 06:30 AM
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Alice Walker on Amazon | View All
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Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart: A Novel - $14.95
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Color Purple, Possessing the Secret of Joy, and The Temple of My Familiar now gives us a beautiful new novel that is at once a deeply moving personal story and a powerful spiritu...
Amazon -
The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart - $14.00
"These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical divorce. I found myself unmoored, unmated, ungrounded in a way that challenged everything I'd ...
Amazon -
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose - $16.00
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as ablack woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces rangingfrom the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays aboutother wr...
Amazon -
Charlie Rose with Moshe Safdie; Stuart Stevens; Alice Walker (June 27, 1997) - $24.95
Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie talks to Charlie about building the Yitzhak Rabin memorial as well as his new book, The City After the Automobile: An Architect's Vision. Next, author Stuart Stevens tells Charlie about the restaurants he...
Amazon -
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness - $23.95
A beautifully packaged book of spiritual ruminations with a progressive political edge, from the incomparable Pulitzer Prize-winner—a woman who has devoted her life to befriending the earth.From the Introduction: "In f...
Amazon
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Alice Walker Personal Timeline
- February 9, 1944: Born Eastonton, Georgia
- 1952: Accidentally blinded in right eye
- 1961: Attends Spelman College
- 1963: Transfers to Sarah Lawrence College
- 1965: Graduates from Sarah Lawrence, joins rural South voter registration drive
- 1967: Marries Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal
- 1969: Daughter Rebecca born
- 1970: Receives NEA Discovery Award
- 1972: Teaches at Wellesley College and begins first Woman's Studies course
- 1974: Wins Rosenthal Foundation Award for In Love and Trouble
- 1976: Divorces Mel Levethal amicably
- 1983: Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Color Purple and National Book Award for Hardcover Fiction
- 1984: Wins Lillian Smith Book Award for In Search of Our Mother's Gardens: Womanist Prose
- 1985: The Steven Spielberg movie The Color Purple released
- 1986: Wins O. Henry Award for short story Kindred Spirit
- 1993: Traveled to Africa with Pratibha Parmar to film Warrior Marks
- 1996: Alice Walker letter to President Clinton
- 2000: Receives Library of Congress honors
- 2006: Inducted into the California Hall of Fame
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Children's Books
- 1991: Finding the Green Stone
- 2002: Langston Hughes: American Poet
- 2006: There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me
- 2007: Why War Is Never a Good Idea illustrated by Stefano Vitale
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