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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright.
Edna Ferber (born August 15, 1885, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.—died April 16, 1968, New York, New York) was an American novelist and short-story writer who wrote with compassion and curiosity about Midwestern American life.
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were popular in her lifetime and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Giant (1952; made into the ...
Edna Ferber has 216 books on Goodreads with 57402 ratings. Edna Ferber’s most popular book is So Big.
Edna Ferber (1885–1968) was a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and playwright. This image is a portrait of Ferber taken after she won the state oratory contest and graduated from high school. In Brief.
The basis for the classic film starring James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson, Giant is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber's sweeping generational tale of power, love, cattle barons, and oil tycoons, set in Texas during the first half of the twentieth century.
Cimarron is a novel by Edna Ferber, published in April 1930 and based on development in Oklahoma after the Land Rush. The book was adapted into a critically acclaimed film of the same name, released in 1931 through RKO Pictures.
May 29, 2018 · Edna Ferber. American author Edna Ferber (1887-1968) wrote popular fiction and collaborated on several successful Broadway plays. Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Edna Ferber at an early age moved with her family to Appleton, Wis., where she spent most of her childhood.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of Showboat, So Big, and Giant, whose novels examine American values and culture, especially their impact on women.
Perhaps less well-known today than in her own time, Edna Ferber was a prolific writer. Her works include twelve novels and eight plays, a selection of novellas and short stories, and two autobiographies. Today, however, her works are largely remembered for their film or stage adaptations.
