The Color Purple (novel)

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The Color Purple is a Pulitzer Prize–winning epistolary novel by Alice Walker that follows the life, struggles, and spiritual awakening of an African American woman in the early 20th-century American South.

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The Color Purple 13
The Color Purple (novel) canonical 5
The Color Purple (1982 novel) 2

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instanceOf epistolary novel
novel
adaptedAs The Color Purple (1985 film)
linked to: The Color Purple

The Color Purple (2023 film)
The Color Purple (musical)
author Alice Walker
awarded National Book Award for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
awardYear 1983
bannedOrChallengedIn United States schools
controversy challenges in schools and libraries
countryOfOrigin United States
firstEditionFormat print
genre African-American literature
bildungsroman
epistolary fiction
feminist literature
historical fiction
hasInfluenced African-American literature
feminist literature
ISBN 978-0-15-119154-3
language English
literaryMovement Black feminism
womanism
mainCharacter Celie
linked to: Celie Johnson

Mister
Nettie
Shug Avery
narrativeForm letters
narrator Celie
linked to: Celie Johnson
notableFor portrayal of Black women’s resilience
use of African-American Vernacular English
publicationYear 1982
publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
settingCountry United States
settingLocation American South
settingTimePeriod early 20th century
subject African-American women
domestic violence
lesbian relationships
racism
sexism
sisterhood
spiritual awakening

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The Color Purple (Broadway revival) basedOn The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) partOfFranchise The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Alice Walker notableWork The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple (1985 film) basedOn The Color Purple (novel)
subject linked to: The Color Purple
Celie Johnson appearsIn The Color Purple (novel)
Celie Johnson firstAppearance The Color Purple (1982 novel)
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre notableProduction The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Shug Avery appearsIn The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Shug Avery firstAppearance The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Shug Avery fictionalUniverse The Color Purple universe
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Nettie appearsIn The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Nettie isKeyCharacterIn The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple (2023 film) basedOn The Color Purple (novel)
The Color Purple (2023 film) adaptationOf The Color Purple (novel)
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker notableWork The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Meridian precedesInAuthorBibliography The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Broadway Theatre, New York City hasProduction The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Roger Aaron Brown notableWork The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Nettie Harris appearsIn The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Nettie Harris firstPublicationContext The Color Purple (1982 novel)
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)
Debbi Morgan notableWork The Color Purple
linked to: The Color Purple (novel)