Alice Walker

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Black feminist activist essayist feminist human novelist poet short story writer

Alice Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and activist best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning novel "The Color Purple" and her contributions to Black feminist literature.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black feminist → activist → essayist → feminist → human → novelist → poet → short story writer →
awardReceived	Lillian Smith Book Award → National Book Award for Fiction → O. Henry Award → Pulitzer Prize for Fiction →
birthName	Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker →
coinedTerm	womanist →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1944-02-09 →
educatedAt	Sarah Lawrence College → Spelman College →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Walker →
genre	African-American literature → essay → fiction → poetry →
givenName	Alice →
hasChild	Rebecca Walker →
influenced	Black feminist literature → womanist theology →
language	English →
movement	Black feminism → womanism →
name	Alice Walker →
notableAchievement	First African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction →
notableFor	contributions to Black feminist thought → depictions of African-American women in the American South →
notableWork	In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens → Meridian → The Color Purple → The Third Life of Grange Copeland →
occupation	editor → essayist → novelist → poet → short story writer → teacher →
placeOfBirth	Eatonton, Georgia, United States →
politicalActivity	anti-apartheid activism → civil rights movement activism →
residence	California, United States →
spouse	Melvyn R. Leventhal →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Color Purple (novel) →	author
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) →	basedOnWorkBy
Celie Johnson →	creator
Flannery O'Connor →	hasInfluenced
African American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Zora Neale Hurston →	influenced
Alice Walker →	name
Humanist of the Year →	notableRecipient