- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Alice Walker
- Creator:
- Ivansco, Joey
- Date of Original:
- 1989-05-09
- 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
Chairs--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
Walker, Alice, 1944- - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Alice Walker has written from a number of perspectives, exploring the nature of life for Black Americans in the modern world and examining the plight of women (especially women of color) in a male-dominated society.
Photograph of author Alice Walker signing books at Charis Book Store. She wears a sweater and eyeglasses. She rests her head on her left hand and looks toward the left.
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/literature-overview/m-2222/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/literature-overview
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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