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Alice Walker
Writing
09 Feb 1944 (82 years)
Eatonton, Georgia, USA
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 sp...
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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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Alice Walker's Movies
65%
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
18 Jun 2004
51%
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke
03 May 2019
33%
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
28 Dec 2023
35%
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
13 May 2013
10%
A Place of Rage
03 Oct 1991
100%
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
01 Feb 2013
100%
Daedalus
17 Jul 2024
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In Prison My Whole Life
18 Jan 2008
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The World According to Allee Willis
15 Nov 2024
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Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
08 Aug 2015
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Flannery
25 Oct 2019
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Kudzu
01 Oct 1977
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Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
01 Jan 1983
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Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker
01 Jan 1989