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Edna Ferber
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which…
Known for
- The Ten-Year Lunch — Herself (archive footage)1987
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Key facts
- Born
- August 15, 1885 ( 1885-08-15 ) , Kalamazoo, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- April 16, 1968 (1968-04-16) (aged 82), New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist , playwright
- Education
- Lawrence University
- Genre
- Drama, romance
- Notable awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1925)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kalamazoo
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Lawrence University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- poetry
- Image
- Edna-Ferber-1928.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- member of
- Algonquin Round Table
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Edna Ferber
- cause of death
- cancer
- date of birth
- 1887-08-15
- date of death
- 1968-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- relative
- Janet Fox
- Commons Creator page
- Edna Ferber
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Encyclopedic overview
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.
Life and career
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