Alice Walker
Personal Info
Known For Writer
Gender Female
Birthday 1944-02-09 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Eatonton, Georgia, USA
Also Known As Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Alice 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.
Known For
Writer
as Novel
as Novel
as Original Story
as Novel
as Short Story
Actor
as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self/Author
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
Costume & Make-Up
as Assistant Costume Designer