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Walker Debuts Spanish Version of Book
HAVANA, 16 (AP) - Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Alice Walker debuted the Spanish
translation of her novel "Meridian"
in Havana, telling her Cuban fans there
is a direct correlation between the U.S.
civil rights movement and the socialist
revolution that brought Fidel Castro to
power.
"I thought about Cuba a lot when I
was writing this," Walker told a packed
audience Sunday at an international book
fair. "It has meant very much to me
that Cubans have understood what I'm doing.
Sometimes in my own country, I am very severely
criticized by people who don't bother to
read me at all."
"Meridian," first published in
English in 1976, explores the private internal
and interpersonal struggles of a young protagonist
by the same name who is involved in the
civil rights movement in the United States.
"I feel that Meridian understands
a very important basic thing, which is that
it is very important to choose the people
who make up the majority of the planet,
to stand with the poor and to stand with
people who are struggling, because in the
end we will win," said Walker, 60.
Walker's appearance at the 13th International
Book Fair marks her fifth visit to Cuba.
She met with President Fidel Castro during
two of her previous trips, but said it was
unlikely she would get a chance to see him
this time.
Walker, a Georgia native, won the Pulitzer
Prize for her 1982 novel "The Color
Purple."
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