Alice Walker

American author and activist

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Occupation

American author and activist

Born in

Eatonton

Born

February 9, 1944

Zodiac

Aquarius

Website

www.alicewalkersgarden.com/

30,151

days alive

82

years old

Born
February 9, 1944 in 🇺🇸Eatonton
Zodiac
♒︎Aquarius·monkey 🐒
Updated Jul 2026

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Sun Sign

Aquarius♒︎

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Moon Sign

Leo♌︎

Dominant Element

Air

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2022
Day 28,451
Age 77

Publishes 'Gathering Blossoms Under Fire'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2022

Walker publishes 'Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker'

2018
Day 26,990
Age 73

Publishes 'Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2018

Walker publishes 'Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart', a book of poetry.

2013
Day 25,164
Age 68

Directed 'Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2013

A documentary film about Walker's life, 'Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth', is released.

2010
Day 24,068
Age 65

Publishes 'Hard Times Require Furious Dancing'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2010

Walker publishes 'Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems'.

2004
Day 21,876
Age 59

Publishes 'A Free Man's America'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2004

Walker publishes 'A Free Man's America: Why I am committing civil disobedience'.

2000
Day 20,415
Age 55

Publishes 'The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 2000

Walker publishes 'The Way Forward Is With a Broken Heart'.

1992
Day 17,493
Age 47

Wins American Book Award

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1992

Wins the Lillian Smith Award and the American Book Award for 'Finding the Green Stone'.

Day 17,493
Age 47

Publishes 'Possessing the Secret of Joy'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1992

Walker publishes 'Possessing the Secret of Joy'.

1985
Day 14,937
Age 40

Film adaptation of 'The Color Purple' released

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1985

Steven Spielberg directs the film adaptation of 'The Color Purple'.

1983
Day 14,206
Age 38

Wins Pulitzer Prize

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1983

Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 'The Color Purple'.

Day 14,206
Age 38

Wins National Book Award

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1983

Wins the National Book Award for 'The Color Purple'.

1982
Day 13,841
Age 37

Publishes 'The Color Purple'

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1982

Walker publishes 'The Color Purple', her most famous novel.

1976
Day 11,649
Age 31

Divorces Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1976

Divorces Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal.

1967
Day 8,437
Age 23

Marries Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal

Confidence
96%
Mar 17, 1967

Marries Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal, a civil rights lawyer.

1965
Day 7,632
Age 20

Graduates from Sarah Lawrence College

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1965

Graduates from Sarah Lawrence College.

1963
Day 6,901
Age 18

Studies at Sarah Lawrence College

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1963

Begins studies at Sarah Lawrence College on a scholarship.

1960
Day 5,805
Age 15

Participates in the Civil Rights Movement

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1960

Becomes involved in the Civil Rights Movement.

1952
Day 2,883
Age 7

Loses sight in one eye

Confidence
96%
Jan 1, 1952

Loses sight in one eye due to a BB gun accident.

1944
Day 0
Age 0

Born in Eatonton, Georgia

Confidence
96%
Feb 9, 1944

Born Alice Malsenior Walker in Eatonton, Georgia.