The Color Purple
Written By: Alice Walker
Alice Walker
- Born February 9, 1944 (70)
- Work: Social worker, teacher, taken part in the 1960's Civil Rights Movement
- Growing up, BB gun to Valedictorian
- Received 7 other awards: Townsend and Lyndhurst Prize.
- Other books: In Search of our Mother's Garden, Warrior Marks, Anything We Love Can be Saved, and many more.
The Color Purple
- 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction- THE FIRST
- National Book Award
- Why The Color Purple?