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Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
It was the best-selling novel in the United States in both 1931 and 1932, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932, and was influential in Buck's winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Buck, who grew up in China as the daughter of American missionaries , wrote the book while living in China and drew on her first-hand observation of ...
Pearl Buck's first novel, East Wind: West Wind, was published in 1930, which narrates about a Chinese woman, Kwei-lan, and the changes that she and her family undergo.It was followed then by trilogy that brought her major literary breakthrough: The Good Earth (1931), Sons (1932), and A House Divided (1935), which is a saga about the Wang family.
As the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (awarded 1918–1947), ... Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) The Good Earth [d] John Day Company (1931) Historical fiction: West Virginia:
Her writing career consisted of winning two notable awards, the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and in 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces." [1] In 1935 the couple got divorced and Pearl later remarried to Richard Walsh.
Newbery Medal for children's literature: Kate Seredy, The White Stag; Newdigate prize: Michael Thwaites; Nobel Prize in Literature: Pearl S. Buck; Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Thornton Wilder, Our Town; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marya Zaturenska, Cold Morning Sky; Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: John Phillips Marquand, The Late George Apley
The Pulitzer Prizes, considered the premier award for print journalists, are opening eligibility to broadcast and audio companies that also offer digital news sites. Broadcast news outlets were ...
Pearl S. Buck was the first American woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize (1932, for The Good Earth [2]) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1938). A world-renowned author, she wrote over 100 books and hundreds of short stories and magazine articles.