Alice Walker

Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author, poet, and activist. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

Read more about Alice Walker:  Early Life, Activism, Personal Life, Writing Career, Selected Awards and Honors

Famous quotes by alice walker:

    “Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.”
    —Alice Walker (b. 1944)

    “All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole. They never detract; or, in any case, one must not allow them to do so. Experience adds to experience.”
    —Alice Walker (b. 1944)