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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.
Jun 22, 2024 · Pearl S. Buck (born June 26, 1892, Hillsboro, West Virginia, U.S.—died March 6, 1973, Danby, Vermont) was an American author noted for her novels of life in China. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, 1892 - 1973. Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Her parents, Absalom and Caroline Sydenstricker, were Southern Presbyterian missionaries, stationed in China. Pearl was the fourth of seven children (and one of only three who would survive to adulthood).
May 11, 2018 · An overwhelmingly prolific writer, Pearl S. Buck’s (1892-1973) reputation for excellence as a writer of fiction rests primarily on The Good Earth and segments of a few of her other novels of the 1930’s.
Pearl S. Buck has 623 books on Goodreads with 689942 ratings. Pearl S. Buck’s most popular book is The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1).
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck 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.
Pearl S. Buck was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Buck's life in China as an American citizen fueled her literary and personal commitment to improve relations between Americans and Asians.
Pearl S. Buck, Stephanie Reents (Contributor), Cynthia Brantley Johnson (Editor) This tells the poignant tale of a Chinese farmer and his family in old agrarian China. The humble Wang Lung glories in the soil he works, nurturing the land as it nurtures him and his family.
Pearl S. Buck died of lung cancer in 1973 at the age of eighty. In her lifetime, she succeeded in opening Americans' minds about social, racial, and gender injustice through her writing and her acts.
Jan 1, 2024 · Browse our complete guide to all 88 Pearl S Buck books in order (from the series written by Pearl S. Buck). Plus, we’ve organized our list in order.
