Alice Walker

Writing

Born 1944-02-09 Eatonton, Georgia, USA 23 credits Lillian Smith Book Award 2 Carl Sandburg Literary Award 1 LennonOno Grant for Peace 1 California Hall of Fame 1

Awards

Won 2 Lillian Smith Book Award Awards

Lillian Smith Book Award 2 won

1984 Lillian Smith Book Award Won In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
1973 Lillian Smith Book Award Won

Carl Sandburg Literary Award 1 won

2016 Carl Sandburg Literary Award Won

LennonOno Grant for Peace 1 won

2010 Peace Won

California Hall of Fame 1 won

2006 California Hall of Fame Won

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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 subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. 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.