Early Life: Introduction: Born February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, GA, which is a farming community in Middle Georgia. The Accident: When Alice Walker was eight years old, she lost sight of one eye when one of her older brothers shot her with a BB gun by accident, while playing a game of "Cowboys and Indians." Solitude: After her accident, Alice's grades plummeted. Because of the noticeable scar in her right eye, she became an easy target for …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…Know (Collected Poems) Awards Alice has received: There is a long list of awards Alice walker has received. -Pulitzer Prize for the Color Purple. -The American Scholar For The Civil Rights Movement -Southern Regional Lillian Smith Award from the National Endowment for the Arts -The Rosenthal Award from the National Institute of Arts & Letters -nomination for the National Book Award -A Radcliffe Institute Followship -A Merrill Fellowship A Guggenheim Fellowship -Townsend Prize -Lyndhurst Prize.