Alice Walker
The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This topic is part of Authors within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 5 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Alice Walker trivia questions
Alice Walker wrote which novel about Celie?
Answer: The Color Purple
Bonus fact: The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
The Color Purple is told largely through what form?
Answer: Letters
Bonus fact: Its epistolary structure lets Celie's voice develop directly.
What term did Walker popularize for a feminism centered on Black women's experiences?
Answer: Womanism
Bonus fact: She introduced the term in her essays.
Who directed the 1985 film The Color Purple?
Answer: Steven Spielberg
Bonus fact: AFI records that the film is based on Alice Walker's novel.
In what year did The Color Purple win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Answer: 1983
Bonus fact: Alice Walker's novel was published by Harcourt Brace.