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Alice Walker
- Birthday: 2/9/1944
- Place of birth: Eatonton, Georgia, USA
- Fame for: Writing
- Also known as: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Biography
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.
Filmography
![Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal](https://api.movie-tracker.app/api/proxy/image/pGR9o8VEpx04sQpp1RlhUU5l0JP.jpg?size=260)
Release date: 2/1/2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Role(s): Self
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