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Pearl S. Buck
AuthorBooks · Second hand1892-1973
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.
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Birth
1892
Death
1973
First book
1930
Years writing
96
Pearl S. Buck lived most of her life in China, which deeply influenced the themes of her work.
Her most famous novel, The Good Earth, was only her second published book.
In addition to being a novelist, she used the pseudonym John Sedges to sign some of her works.
Her prolific career spanned over 300 titles, including children's literature and biographies.
She was an active human rights advocate and contributed to prestigious magazines like The Atlantic Monthly.