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 Alice
Walker is a famous African-American writer. She is best known
as the author of the book The Color
Purple. She won the Pulitzer Prize for the book.
The book was even made into a movie. She wrote so many other great
books and poems so far. Her books mostly talk about African-American
women’s lives. Alice Walker still continues to write. She is
also active in environmental, human rights and economic justice issues. She is one of the
most admired African-American
writers working today.
Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944 in Georgia. She was the
youngest of 8 children. When she was 8 years old, she lost her sight
in one eye in an accident. So she couldn’t
play outside like other children. She felt very lonely and started writing
poetry.
Even though she grew up in a poor environment, she studied
very hard. She was one of the best students in her school. Upon graduating
from high school, Alice got a scholarship from Spelman
College in Atlanta, Georgia. While studying there, she got involved
in the Civil Rights movement, a
movement which called for equal rights among all races.
 In
1963, Alice received another scholarship
and moved to Sarah Lawrence College in New York. While at Sarah Lawrence,
she spent one year in Africa as an exchange student. In 1965,
after graduation, she worked as
a social worker and teacher.
Alice Walker started writing poems and novels while teaching students.
In 1968, she published her first collection of poetry Once.
Then, she published her first novel The Third Life of Grange Copeland
in 1970. Her poems and novels dealt with various issues on human rights,
racism and African-American
women’s hard lives.
 In 1976,
her second novel, Meridian, was published. Her third novel, The Color
Purple was published in 1982. This book won both a Pulitzer Prize
and the American Book Award. The book was later made into a successful film by Steven Spielberg.
Alice kept on writing short stories and essays, including You Can’t Keep
a Good Woman Down and In Search of My Mother’s Garden. So far, she
has written countless books and poems.
She has won numerous awards for her wonderful works. She is still writing
and working hard for human rights. |
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