AuthorSpeak: Alice Walker Free Poster
Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. After a childhood accident left her blind in one eye, Walker turned to writing to cope with the trauma, a process she described in her 1983 essay, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self.” In 1983, her novel The Color Purple won both the National Book Award for hardcover fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This novel, written in the form of a series of letters to God, is considered to be her most famous work. Aside from writing, Walker is a prominent activist, advocating for feminism and the betterment of women of color in modern society. Bring her unique literary vision to your classroom with this free poster.
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