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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

Keynote Speaker: Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"

Alice Walker Biography

Alice Walker is an internationally celebrated writer, poet and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, four children’s books, and volumes of essays and poetry. She won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1983 and the National Book Award.

Walker has written many bestsellers, including "The Temple of My Familiar," a wisdom tale that originates in prehistory; "By The Light of My Father’s Smile," about sexuality and forgiveness as paths of healing; and "Possessing the Secret of Joy," which explores the effects of female genital mutilation on one woman’s psyche as well as her body. This novel led to the 1993 book and documentary film "Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women," both collaborations with British-Indian filmmaker Pratibha Parmar, and "We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness."

Walker is also known for the novel "The Color Purple," which was adapted into a major feature film in 2023. Among her other writings is "The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult," which chronicles the adventure of having a film made of her novel and weathering storms of censorship, banning, criticism, and verbal attack.

Her work has been translated into more than two dozen languages, and her books have sold more than fifteen million copies. Along with the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, Walker, in 2006, was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the California Hall of Fame. In 2007, her archives were opened to the public at Emory University in her birth state of Georgia. Walker was awarded the Mahmoud Darwish Literary Prize for Fiction 2016.

Walker has been an activist all of her adult life, and believes that learning to extend the range of our compassion is activity and work available to all. She is a staunch defender not only of human rights, but of the rights of all living beings. She is one of the world’s most prolific writers, yet continues to travel the world to literally stand on the side of the poor, and the economically, spiritually and politically oppressed. She also stands, however, on the side of the revolutionaries, teachers and leaders who seek change and transformation of the world.

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Alice Walker Speaking Topics

An Evening With Alice Walker

  • The Women's Movement
  • Poetry
  • Apartheid
  • Anti-nuclear Movement
  • Violence Against Women
  • Economic Justice
  • The Color Purple
  • Readings and Observations of Life

Alice Walker Videos

Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner ...
An Evening with Alice Walker - Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2020 ...
Alice Walker

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What topics does Alice Walker speak about?

Alice Walker is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as College, Black Heritage, Women, Diversity, Authors, Women's Rights, Poetry, Civil Rights, Social Activism, Liberal, Work-Life Balance, Writing, Influential Women, Female Leadership, Literary, History, Social Justice and Culture.

Where does Alice Walker travel from?

Alice Walker generally travels from Mendocino County, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

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Alice Walker is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including College, Black Heritage and Women. Please contact us for live or virtual event fee details. Alice Walker generally travels from Mendocino County, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Angela Davis, Dr. Bernice King and Nikki Giovanni. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Alice Walker for an upcoming event.

Alice Walker Speaking Topics

  • An Evening With Alice Walker

    • The Women's Movement
    • Poetry
    • Apartheid
    • Anti-nuclear Movement
    • Violence Against Women
    • Economic Justice
    • The Color Purple
    • Readings and Observations of Life

Alice Walker Videos

Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner ...
An Evening with Alice Walker - Writer's Symposium by the Sea 2020 ...
Alice Walker

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