Alice Walker
Early Life
Alice Walker was born on the 9th of February, in in Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. She was a bright daughter of Willie Lee Walker, a sharecropper, while her mother, Minnie Tallulah, was a seamstress. She enjoyed the colors of life during her early years. However, aged eight, a fatal incident changed the happy course of her life when her brother accidentally shot her in the eye that caused partial blindness. That incident stole the true spirit of her childhood, throwing her into throes of darkness. This traumatic incident transformed a self-confident child into a solemn and shy girl. Deprived of normal childhood activities, Alice turned toward reading and writing to overcome her disability and depression.
Education
Alice Walker started her education from segregated schools where her teachers helped her understand the world and its biting approach toward racism. Although she was brought up in a poor environment, the support of her community enabled her to choose her identity. She won a scholarship and pursued her studies at Spelman College in Georgia. She studied there for two years and later moved to Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, where she
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Who Is Alice Walker?
Born to sharecropper parents, Alice Walker grew up to become a highly acclaimed novelist, essayist and poet. She is best known for her novel The Color Purple, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and soon was adapted for the big screen by Steven Spielberg. Walker is also known for her work as an activist.
Poor Upbringing
Alice Malsenior Walker was born on February 9, , in Eatonton, Georgia. The youngest daughter of sharecroppers, she grew up poor, with her mother working as a maid to help support the family's eight children.
At 8 years old, Walker was shot in the right eye with a BB pellet while playing with two of her brothers. Whitish scar tissue formed in her damaged eye, and she became self-conscious of this visible mark.
After the incident, Walker largely withdrew from the world around her. "For a long time, I thought I was very ugly and disfigured," she told John O'Brien in an interview that was published in Alice Walker: Critical Perspectives, Past and Present (). "This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults and slights that were not intended." She found solace in reading and writi
Alice Walker (b. ) is an American writer, poet, and activist known for her insightful portrayal of African American life and culture. Her novel The Color Purple was the subject of a major motion picture and Broadway musical.
Born in Eatonton, Georgia, the daughter of sharecroppers, Walker was injured in a childhood accident that blinded her in one eye. Her mother felt Walker would be better suited for writing than doing chores. Her writing and academic prowess afforded her a scholarship to Spelman College, where she studied for two years before transferring to Sarah Lawrence College, where she graduated in
After graduation, Waker moved to Mississippi to become involved in the Civil Rights Movement. She began teaching and writing poetry, short stories, and essays. In , Walker married Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal, a Jewish civil rights lawyer and the couple became the first legally married interracial couple in Mississippi. The couple had a daughter before divorcing in
Walker published her first book of poetry, Once () and first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland () to much acclaim. In , Walker alongside scholar Charlotte D. Hunt discovered the unmarked gra
Selected Awards and Honors
Alice Walker has been defined as one of the key international writers’ of the 20th century. Walker made history as the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature as well as the National Book Award in for her novel “The Color Purple,” one of the few literary books to capture the popular imagination and leave a permanent imprint. The award-winning novel served as the inspiration for Steven Spielberg’s film and was adapted for the stage, opening at New York City’s Broadway Theatre in , and capturing a Tony Award for best leading actress in a musical in
An internationally celebrated author, poet and activist, Walker’s books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. Walker has written many additional best sellers; among them, Possessing the Secret of Joy (), which detailed the devastating effects of female genital mutilation and led to the documentary Warrior Marks, a collaboration with the British-Indian filmmaker Pratibha Parmar, with Walker as executive producer. Walker’s work has been translated into more than two-dozen languages, and her books have
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