Early Years
Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia, in 1944. She attended Spelman College and Sarah Lawrence College and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1965. She then pursued a career in writing and activism.
Career
Alice Walker is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple (1982). She has also written a number of other books, including In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (1983), The Temple of My Familiar (1989), and Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992). She has also written several collections of poetry, including Revolutionary Petunias (1973) and Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning (1979).
The Color Purple
Alice Walker's most famous work is her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple (1982). This novel tells the story of two African American sisters, Celie and Nettie, and their struggles for survival and identity in a prejudiced society. The novel explores themes of racism, sexism, and abuse, and is an important work of African American literature. The success of The Color Purple has helped to bring Alice Walker's work to a wider audience, and the story has been adapted into a film and a Broadway musical.
Accomplishments
Alice Walker has achieved many accomplishments throughout her career, including winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1982), co-founding the Women’s Way organization (1977), winning the National Book Award for Poetry (1983), adapting her novel The Color Purple into a film (1985), and receiving the National Humanities Medal (1996).
