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American author and activist (born 1944)
Also known as: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice Walker Leventhal, Элис Уокер, أليس والكر, 앨리스 워커
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- The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition
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