Alice Walker

1944 – ?

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is a celebrated American novelist and social activist, known primarily for her seminal work, The Color Purple, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1982, making her the first African-American woman to achieve this honor. Throughout her career, she has authored numerous novels, short stories, essays, and poetry, focusing on themes of gender, race, and the struggles for civil rights and social justice.