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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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Apr 2, 2014 · Pearl S. Buck published her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, in 1930. Her next novel, The Good Earth, earned her a Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American female Nobel...
Jun 18, 2024 · Learn about Pearl S. Buck, a Nobel Prize-winning author and humanitarian, and her mission of bridging cultures and changing lives. Explore her historic home, support her programs, and sponsor a child in need.
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- The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck, Stephanie Reents (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Cynthia Brantley Johnson (Editor)
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Pearl Buck was an American writer who lived and worked in China for most of her life. She wrote novels about Chinese peasant life, such as The Good Earth, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her epic and biographical masterpieces.
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.
