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

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

as Self

Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke

as Self

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

as Self

Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal

as Self

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

as Self

Daedalus

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

A Place of Rage

as Self

In Prison My Whole Life

as Self

The World According to Allee Willis

as Self

Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil

as Narrator