The Color Purpl Content 1. About Alice Walker 2. The Color Purple Themes
More Questions Main Characters Alice Walker Brief Introduction Alice Walker is an African American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist. the first black woman who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (普利策小说奖) and National Book Award (国家图书奖) participated in civil rights demonstrations. coined the word Womanist (妇女主义者) for a black feminist or feminist of color. She also continues to be active in environment, feminist causes, and issues of economic justice. Early life and Experiences Born on February 9th 1944 in a small rural town of a poor family . the youngest of eight children, her parents supplemented the family income by working as a maid and a sharecropper. Growing up with an oral tradition, listening to stories from her grandfather ,Walker was writing—very privately—since she was eight years old. 8 years old her right eye has been permanent blind allowed her to begin "really to see people and things, really to notice relationships and to learn to be patient enough to care about how they turned out". Sarah Lawrence College莎拉劳伦斯学院 Spelman 斯佩尔曼学院 After she graduated from her local school, she attended Spelman College ,Sarah Lawrence College by scholarship, graduating in 1965. Later experiences in Uganda and Kenya(肯尼亚）) most probably helped her to understand the African culture. Novels and short story collections The Third Life of Grange Copeland(1970) In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women (1973) Meridian(1976) The Color Purple(1982) You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories (1982) To Hell With Dying (1988) The Temple of My Familiar (1989) Finding the Green Stone (1991) Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992) The Complete Stories (1994) By The Light of My Father's Smile (1998) The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart (2000) Now Is The Time to Open Your Heart (2005) Devil'
