Quick Facts About Pearl S. Buck
- Born
- June 26, 1892
- Died
- March 6, 1973
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Children's Writer
- Notable works
- The Good Earth
- Known for
- Imperial Woman, The Good Earth, Peony, A House Divided, China Sky
- Spouse
- Richard J. Walsh
About Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer and humanitarian. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932, which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China" and for her "masterpieces", two memoir-biographies of her missionary parents.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
