Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) isan African-American author and feminist who received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for The Color Purple.

Walker's writings include novels, stories, essays and poems.

Typically, they focus on the struggles of African Americans, particularly women, and they witness against societies that are racist, sexist, and violent. Her writings also focus on the role of women of color in culture and history. Walker is a respected figure in the liberal political community for her support of unconventional and unpopular views as a matter of principle. She is an open bisexual, and sympathetic of people of all sexualities, ethnicities, and races. Her first book of poetry was written while she was still a senior at Sarah Lawrence. She took a brief sabbatical from writing when she was in Mississippi and worked in the U.S. civil rights movement.

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