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   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 ...

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   Edna Ferber was a widely popular American playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. She was particularly famous for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel called So Big. Other prominent novels of her career include Show Board, Cimarron, Giant, Ice Palace, etc.

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   Edna Ferber was an American novelist and short-story writer who wrote with compassion and curiosity about Midwestern American life. Ferber grew up mostly in her native Kalamazoo, Michigan, and in Appleton, Wisconsin (in between her family moved to several Midwestern towns).

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6. www.goodreads.com › author › showEdna Ferber (Author of So Big) - Goodreads

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   Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were popular in her lifetime and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie).

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7. jwa.org › encyclopedia › articleEdna Ferber | Jewish Women's Archive

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   Edna Ferber (1885–1968) was a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and playwright who celebrated America and its workers. Learn about her life, career, and Jewish identity shaped by antisemitism and creativity.

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   Roast Beef Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney. by. Edna Ferber. 3.87 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1913 — 171 editions. Want to Read. saving….

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   How many books did Edna Ferber write?

   • A dedicated writer for more than fifty years, Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on August 15, 1885. She celebrated America even as she exposed its shortcomings. Her published work includes twelve novels, twelve collections of short stories, two autobiographies, and nine plays—most in collaboration with other playwrights.

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   Who is Edna Ferber?

   • Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright.

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   When did Edna Ferber die?

   • Until she died on April 16, 1968, in New York City, Edna Ferber’s idea of “the ultimate in exciting luxury” still mimicked the early experience of the parade-watching child on Main Street in Ottumwa. She loved to lie back among pillows in an air-conditioned train compartment, “watching the United States of America slide by.”

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   Where can I find Edna Ferber papers?

   • Chapin Library, Williams College. Edna Ferber Collection, 1921-2002. Lawrence University Archives, Lawrence University. Edna Ferber Papers. Wisconsin Historical Society. Edna Ferber Collection. Appleton Public Library. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edna Ferber. Wikiquote has quotations related to Edna Ferber.

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10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › So_Big_(novel)So Big (novel) - Wikipedia

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    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.