biography of alice walker

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St. Marys College for Teachers Education

Paliakara, Thiruvalla

POWER POINT PRESENTATION

On the

Biography of

Alice Walker

Presented by:

Reshy !air

"#tional: EnglishReg. no:


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ALICE WALKER


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PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : Alice Malsenior Walker

Birth : Febrar! "# $"%%

Place : Ptnam &ont! # 'eor(ia# )S

Father : Willie Lee WalkerMother : Minnie Lo Talllah

'enre : A*rican+ American Literatre

S,ose : Mel-!n Rosenman Le-enthal


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O&&)PATION

No-elist

Short Stor! Writer

PoetPolitical Acti-ist


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NOTABLE WOR.S

COLOUR PURPLEThe Colour Purple is a1982 epistolary novel byAmerican Author Aliceal!er that "on the 198#

Pulit$er Pri$e %or &ictionan' the (ational )oo!A"ar' %or &iction* +t "aslater a'apte' into a ,lman' musical o% the samename*


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Every'ay use

-Every'ay Use. is a "i'ely

stu'ie' an' %re/uentlyantholo0i$e' short story byAlice al!er* The story is tol'in ,rst person by -ama. anA%rican American omenlivin0 in the 'eep south "ithone o% her t"o 'au0hters*

The 3tory humorouslyillustrates the 'i4erencesbet"een rs* 5ohnson an'her shy youn0 'au0htera00ie "ho both still a'hereto tra'itional blac! culture inRural 3outh*


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Possessin0 the secret o%6oy

-Possessin0 the secret o% 5oy.

is a 1992 novel by Aliceal!er that tells the story o%

Tashi an A%rican "omen an' aminor character in al!er7searlier novel The ColourPurple* The (ovel is tol' inmany 'i4erent voices "hichare the characters in thenovel* The novel eplores"hat it means to have one7s0en'er culturally 'e,ne' an'emphasi$es that accor'in0 toal!er -Torture is not culture./


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The temple o% my%amiliar

The temple o% y &amiliar is a

1989 novel by Alice al!er* +tis an ambitious an' multinarrative novel containin0 theinterleave' stories o%Arve'ya a musician in searcho% his past: Carlotta his LatinAmerican "i%e "ho lives ineile %rom hers: 3u"elo ablac! pro%essor o% American;istory "ho reali$es that his0eneration o% men have %aile'"omen: &anny his e"i%eabout to meet her %ather %or

the ,rst time*


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meri'ian-eri'ian. is a 19s an' 19seri'ian centers on eri'ian

;ill a stu'ent at the ,ctitious3aon Colle0e "ho becomesactive in Civil Ri0hts ovement*

al!er "rote this novel at a time"hen many youn0 blac! people"ere steerin0 %rom the tenets o%

nonviolence an' civil'isobe'ience*


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+n search o% ourmother?s 0ar'enPublishe' in 198# +n 3earchO% Our other7s @ar'en is acollection compose' o% #=separate pieces "ritten byAlice al!er* +n a''ition to"ritin0 about "omanhoo' an'

creativity al!er a''ressessub6ects such as nuclear"eapons anti3emitism an'the Civil Ri0hts ovements*


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A0ar1s an1 Achie-ements

The &olor Pr,le 0on the ,resti(ios

Pulit$er Pri$e for %iction in $"23 as 0ell as

the &erican 'ook &(ard/

Walker also 0on the $"24 ". )enry &(ard

*or her short stor! 5.in1re1 S,irits6#

,blishe1 in Es7ire ma(a8ine in A(st o*

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