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Edna Ferber. Pen Name: Born: August 15, 1885. Died: April 16, 1968. Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Edna Ferber (1885 - 1968) wrote short stories, plays and novels which were adapting into sizzling, popular movies. Ferber's work generally featured strong female protagonists, supported by characters who had to overcome some form of discrimination ...
So Big (novel) So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It was a best-seller in the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925.
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her bestselling novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big , Show Boat , Giant , and Cimarron , which was made into the 1931 film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Edna Ferber (1885-1968) Edna Ferber. Ferber initially studied acting. She then worked as a reporter in Milwaukee and Chicago. Travels through America and Europe followed. Ferber became the author of interesting novels with a cultural-historical background. She often designed the plot in such a way that a female figure was in the foreground.
Edna Ferber has 202 books on Goodreads with 56113 ratings. Edna Ferber’s most popular book is So Big.
Apr 23, 2019 · 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. When larger-than-life cattle rancher Jordan "Bick" Benedict arrives at ...
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Edna Ferber was a short story writer, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist who portrayed strong women characters. Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1885. After living in several different midwestern towns, including Ottumwa, Iowa, where they were scorned for being Jewish, her family settled in Appleton, Wisconsin, when Edna was 12.
