Great+American+Writers-+Alice+Walker

Alice walker facts: -childhood:
 * Was shot in the eye on accident causing her to become partially blind and write poetry to make her feel like less of an outcast
 * Grew up in a poor community in Georgia
 * Had trouble being a normal child because her partial blindness was such a disability

-education:
 * Attended from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia
 * Attended segregated schools all of her school days
 * Transfered from Spelman to Sarah Lawrence in NY
 * Recieved scholarships to both colleges

-adult life:
 * Very comfortable with her spirituality
 * Enjoys to travel making new friends
 * Writes new various works, a lot of poetry

-accomplishment;
 * Has written 7 books; 3 novels and 4 poetry books
 * Won the pulitzer prize in 1982 for **__The Color Purple__**

-misc:
 * Born February 9, 1944