Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck

(1892–1973) children's writer United States

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[Wikidata] American writer (1892–1973)... | [Wikipedia] 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 "

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.

Known for:

Imperial Woman|The Good Earth|Peony|A House Divided|China Sky|East Wind: West Wind|Fighting Angel|Letter from Peking|Sons|The Big Wave|The Exile|The Living Reed|Dragon Seed

Notable works:

The Good Earth

Awards:

Nobel Prize in Literature|Pulitzer Prize for the Novel|National Women's Hall of Fame|William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters|Horatio Alger Award

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