Alice Walker vs. William Saroyan
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Alice Walker
1944 – present
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
"Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved."
William Saroyan
1908 – 1981
William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, The Human Comedy.
"What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace."
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