Alice Walker is a black American woman writer, whose literary works focus on aspects of black American women "s life, especially their awakening individuality."

美国黑人女作家艾利斯·沃克的作品主要以美国黑人女性的生活，特别是女性的觉醒为主题。

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Steven Spielberg's 1985 film "The Color Purple" was adapted from Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

NPR: Walker's 'The Color Purple' Opens on Broadway

In spite of Alice Walker's illustrious career in sales, over 10 million books worldwide, writing wasn't her first career choice.

NPR: Walker's 'The Color Purple' Opens on Broadway