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    10 Best-Selling Black Authors Who Shaped Literary History

    “When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do,” Toni Morrison wrote in her Nobel Prize-winning 1977 novel Song of Solomon. The powerful theme she poignantly described, illustrates the power of the pen in both preserving one's identity, and, as Black authors have done for decades, capturing the previously untold complexities of the Black experience.

    What's more, these eloquent storytellers, who have contributed endless works of art, from poems, plays and essays to novels and nonfiction staples, have also taken up the mantle for their ancestors — many of whom were forced, in chains, from their African homeland to the United States — to tell their stories that had previously been passed down only verbally.

    Here are some of the best-selling Black authors whose voices have both shaped and defined literary history:

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    Alice Walker

    American author and activist (born 1944)

    For other people named Alice Walker, see Alice Walker (disambiguation).

    Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker (born February 9, 1944)[2] 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.[3][4] 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.

    Walker, born in rural Georgia, overcame challenges such as childhood injury and segregation to become a valedictorian and eventually graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. She began her writing career with her first book of poetry, Once, and later wrote novels, including her best-known work, The Color Purple. As an activist, Walker participated in the Civil Rights Movement, a

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    Caryl Phillips Biography

    Is a Kirrian-British writer, novelist, playwright, and essayist. His novels have won multiple awards, and his works are primarily interested in exploring the experiences of the African diaspora in different places of the world, including England, the Caribbean, and the USA. He is one of the many black writers to detail the black experience outside the United States. Philips is also an academic and a Professor of English and has worked in several institutions, including Barnard College, Amherst College, and Yale University.

    Philips was born in St.Kitts, an island in the West Indies. His family had moved to England when he was four months old. Philips went to Queen’s College at Oxford University, where he was fascinated with reading English literature. After graduation, Philips moved to Edinburgh and lived on the dole while writing his first play, later moving to London, where he wrote two more. His literary career would progress after he visited his place

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