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Alice Walker

1944 - Today

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Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry. Walker, born in rural Georgia, overcame challenges such as childhood injury and segregation to become high school valedictorian and graduate from Sarah Lawrence College. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Walker is the 1,448th most popular writer (up from 1,616th in 2019), the 2,099th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,005th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alice Walker ranks 1,448 out of 7,302. Before her are Hierocles of Alexandria, Guillaume de Lorris, Francesco Maria Piave, Du Mu, Christine Nöstlinger, and Javier Marías. After her are Salawat Yulayev, José de Espronceda, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Marie Anne Lenormand, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, and Magda Szabó.

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Among people born in 1944, Alice Walker ranks 145. Before her are James Heckman, Norodom Ranariddh, Lucía Topolansky, Agnes Baltsa, Gary Busey, and Tsuyoshi Kunieda. After her are Ranulph Fiennes, Vlastimil Hort, Frank Oz, Bernard Cornwell, Oqil Oqilov, and Tony Atkinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Walker ranks 2,099 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard E. Stearns (1936), Richard Jenkins (1947), Peter Diamond (1940), Charles W. Morris (1903), George Takei (1937), and Eleanor F. Helin (1932). After her are Henry Hartsfield (1933), John G. Trump (1907), Dorothy Malone (1924), James Pickens Jr. (1954), Kirk Hammett (1962), and Sonny Bono (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Alice Walker ranks 166. Before her are James Patterson (1947), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Clive Cussler (1931), James Baldwin (1924), William Styron (1925), and Poul Anderson (1926). After her are J. Michael Straczynski (1954), Dan Simmons (1948), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Martin Gardner (1914), Robert Bloch (1917), and Robin Hobb (1952).

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