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1. Alice Walker
Cynthia Davenport
ENG 1102 Composition II
July 16 , 2012

2. Alice Walker
• Alice Malsenior
Walker
• born February 9,
1944, in Eatonton,
Georgia.
• is an American
author, poet, and
activist.

3. Influence for writing
• . Alice Walker writes through her feelings
and the morals that she has grown with,
she writes about the black woman's
struggle for spiritual wholeness and
sexual, political, and racial equality.

4. Her works include
• books, “The Third Life Of Grange
Copeland’ and “The Color Purple”
• poems such as the poem “Women”
• and the short stories “Everyday Use” ,
“You Can’t Keep A Good Woman Down”
and “In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black
Women”.
• Those are only a few of Alice Walkers
works

5. Awards
• Just to name a few
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1983) for The Color Purple
National Book Award for Fiction (1983) for The Color Purple
O. Henry Award for "Kindred Spirits" 1985.
Honorary Degree from the California Institute of the Arts (1995)
American Humanist Association named her as "Humanist of the
Year" (1997)
The Lillian Smith Award from the National Endowment for the Arts

6. Currently
• Alice walker is still alive and writing today ,
she is still a strong advocate for african
american right and women rights .

7. Alice Walker