Alice Walkerauthor profile |
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| born | February 09, 1944 |
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| gender | female |
| place of birth | Eatonton, Georgia, United States |
| genre | Literature & Fiction |
| influences | Howard Zinn, Zora Neale Hurston |
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about this author
Alice Malsenior Walker is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple. Walker was the eighth child of sharecroppers. She is of African American, Cherokee, Scottish, and Irish lineage. Although she grew up in Georgia, she has stated that she often felt displaced there, and lives in Berkeley, California. |
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books by Alice Walkercombine editionsavg rating: 4.10 | 16399 ratings | 75 distinct works see all books by Alice Walker » |
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quotes by Alice Walker
"No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow."
— Alice Walker
— Alice Walker
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it"
— Alice Walker
— Alice Walker
"Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for."
— Alice Walker
— Alice Walker












