- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Alice Walker
- Date of Original:
- 1980/2022
- Subject:
- African American authors--California
African American women authors--California
African American novelists--California
African American women novelists--California
African American poets--California
African American women poets--California
Women--California
African American women--California
Authors, American--California
Women authors, American--California
Novelists, American--California
Women novelists, American--California
Poets, American--California
Women poets, American--California - People:
- Walker, Alice, 1944-
- Location:
- United States, California, 37.25022, -119.75126
United States, Georgia, Putnam County, Eatonton, 33.3268, -83.3885 - Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Eatonton native Alice Walker's award-winning novel The Color Purple (1982) chronicles the self-empowerment and growth of the character Celie, a poor Black woman living in rural Georgia.
Photograph of author and Eatonton, Georgia native Alice Walker.
Walker is an African American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist. Her most famous novel, The Color Purple, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1983. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/the-color-purple/m-2221/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/color-purple
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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