Although alice walker published a number of essays, poetry collections, and stories during the 1970s, her third novel, the color purple, which was published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim in that it won both the national book award as well as the pulitzer prize.

A. which was published in 1982, brought her the widest acclaim in that it won both the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               E. was published in 1982, winning both the National Book Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize, and bringing her the widest acclaim