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Pearl S. Buck

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 25 1892

Died: 0505 03 19731973

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Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck Walsh was a bestselling and Nobel Prize–winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to the United States. Throughout her life she worked in support of civil and women’s rights, and established Welcome House, the first international, interracial adoption agency. In addition to her highly acclaimed novels, Buck wrote two memoirs and biographies of both of her parents. For her body of work, Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, the first American woman to have done so. She died in Vermont.

Pearl S. Buck

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 25 1892

Died: 0505 03 19731973

Website: Go to Website

Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck Walsh was a bestselling and Nobel Prize–winning author. Her classic novel The Good Earth was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and William Dean Howells Medal. Born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of missionaries and spent much of the first half of her life in China, where many of her books are set. In 1934, civil unrest in China forced Buck back to the United States. Throughout her life she worked in support of civil and women’s rights, and established Welcome House, the first international, interracial adoption agency. In addition to her highly acclaimed novels, Buck wrote two memoirs and biographies of both of her parents. For her body of work, Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, the first American woman to have done so. She died in Vermont.

Books from Pearl S. Buck

Pavilion of Women

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The Good Earth

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A House Divided

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Christmas Day in the Morning

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The Mother

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The Good Earth Trilogy: The Good Earth, Sons, and A House Divided

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Mandala

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The Mother

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The Eternal Wonder

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The Hidden Flower

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Living Reed: A Novel of Korea

The Good Earth (Graphic Adaptation)

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Kinfolk

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Portrait of a Marriage: A Novel

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