Booth Tarkington

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Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."

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Newton Booth Tarkington 1

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instanceOf human
novelist
playwright
adaptationOfWork Alice Adams (film)
Penrod
surface form: Penrod (film)

The Magnificent Ambersons
surface form: The Magnificent Ambersons (film)
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
birthDate 1869-07-29
burialPlace Crown Hill Cemetery
surface form: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1946-05-19
describedBySource American literary histories
educatedAt Princeton University
Purdue University
familyName Tarkington
fullName Booth Tarkington self-linksurface differs
surface form: Newton Booth Tarkington
genre realist fiction
regional fiction
givenName Booth
Newton
hasSignature signature of Booth Tarkington
hasWorkInThePublicDomain many early novels and stories in the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryRegion Midwestern United States
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
movement Realism
surface form: American realism
notableAchievement won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for Alice Adams
won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel for The Magnificent Ambersons
notableFor depicting social change and industrialization in the Midwest
notableWork Alice Adams
Monsieur Beaucaire
Penrod
Seventeen
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Midlander
The Turmoil
occupation novelist
playwright
short story writer
periodOfActivity early 20th century
late 19th century
placeOfBirth Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath Indianapolis
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
residence Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Laurel Louisa Fletcher
writingStyle portrayals of Midwestern American life

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Booth hasNotableBearer Booth Tarkington
Crown Hill Cemetery notableBurial Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington fullName Booth Tarkington self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Newton Booth Tarkington
Tarkington usedBy Booth Tarkington
Tarkington bearer Booth Tarkington
Tarkington notableBearer Booth Tarkington
The Magnificent Ambersons basedOnAuthor Booth Tarkington
Alice Adams authorOfSourceWork Booth Tarkington
Alice Adams sourceWorkAuthor Booth Tarkington
Presenting Lily Mars authorOfSourceWork Booth Tarkington