Pearl S. Buck

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Nobel Prize laureate in Literature Pulitzer Prize winner biographer essayist human novelist philanthropist short story writer translator

Pearl S. Buck was an American novelist and Nobel Prize laureate best known for her works about Chinese peasant life, particularly the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Good Earth."

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Pearl S. Buck canonical 3
American author Pearl S. Buck 1
Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck 1

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instanceOf Nobel Prize laureate in Literature ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize winner ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
adaptationOfWork The Good Earth (1937 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Order of the Precious Crown (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Dean Howells Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Green Hills Farm, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-03-06 ⓘ
educatedAt Randolph-Macon Woman's College NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sydenstricker NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Chinese studies ⓘ
literature ⓘ
founded Pearl S. Buck Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Welcome House adoption agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ
givenName Pearl NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Pearl S. Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ
NobelPrizeFor rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1938 ⓘ
notableWork A House Divided NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Wind: West Wind NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fighting Angel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sons NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Exile NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Good Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation lecturer ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
parent Absalom Sydenstricker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hillsboro, West Virginia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Danby, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
PulitzerPrizeYear 1932 ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Nanjing, China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse John Lossing Buck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard J. Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSubject Chinese peasant life ⓘ
Chinese rural society ⓘ
East–West cultural relations ⓘ

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this entity surface form: American author Pearl S. Buck
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this entity surface form: Nobel laureate Pearl S. Buck
The Good Earth → authorOfOriginalWork → Pearl S. Buck ⓘ