Alice Walker Rank
About Alice Walker
With over twenty novels and poems to her credit, America’s Alice Walker is no doubt a celebrated novelist and poet – she is also an activist. She’s best known for her 1982 novel titled “The Color Purple”, which won her lots of awards. Some of her well-known books are titled “Meridian”, “The Third Life of Grange Copeland” and “Possessing the Secret of Joy”.
Despite developing the love for writing at an early age, Walker started her career during her college days when she wrote her first published poem entitled “Once”. Since then, she has written lots of poems which include “Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning”, “Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth” and “Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart”.
As an activist, she was an instrumental member of the Civil Rights Movement and partook in lots of marches and campaigns including the historical “March on Washington” in 1963.
Family
Born as Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker, she’s the daughter of Minnie Tallulah Grant and Willie Lee Walker. She got married to Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal in 1967, but divorced nine years later. She has a daughter called Rebecca Walker, who’s also into writing.
Achievements
Throughout her career, which span over five decades, she has received lots of accolades including “Pulitzer Prize for Fiction”, “National Book Award”, and “LennonOno Grant for Peace”.
In 2001, her name was included in the “Georgia Writers Hall of Fame”, and she became a member of the “California Hall of Fame” five years later.
Alice Walker Rank
Viewers of Alice Walker, also viewed
F.A.Q. about Alice Walker
When is her birthday?
Alice Walker's birthday is on February 9, 1944.
In how many days is her birthday?
Alice's birthday is in 296 days
How old is she?
She is 80 years old.
Where is Alice from?
She was born in Eatonton, Georgia, U.S..