Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Color Purple (1983) (first black woman).
Alice Walker wrote The Color Purple.
Alice Walker's book, The Color Purple, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983.
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker, won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Alice Walker is a prominent American writer known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple." In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, she has received numerous accolades such as the National Book Award for Fiction and the O. Henry Award. Walker's contributions to literature have been recognized with honors and awards from various organizations.
None of Alice Walkers poetry has earned a Pulitzer Prize, although it may have won other awards. Walker's only Pulitzer is the one she received in 1983 for her book, The Color Purple.
The last book to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award was "The Nickel Boys" by Colson Whitehead. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2020 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019.
Larry McMurty's Western saga, Lonesome Dove, won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was later adapted as a television miniseries.
Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African-American novelist and poet most famous for her book "The Color Purple
The book The color Purple, by Alice Walker was published in 1982
Pulitzer Prize
Canadian short-story author, Alice Ann Munro, did not win a Pulitzer Prize for her book, The View from Castle Rock(Vintage, 2008). The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to US citizens and residents.
she wrote the book the color purple which was a big success this made her famous and also she was the first african american women to win the pulitzer prize she had so much success on that book that they even made a movie out of it