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Pearl S. Buck. 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. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Early Life. Pearl S. Buck was born Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia. At the time of her birth, her parents, both Presbyterian missionaries, were taking...
Buck, Pearl Pearl Buck with her daughter Carol, undated photograph. In May 1917 she married missionary John L. Buck; although later divorced and remarried, she retained the name Buck professionally. She returned to China and taught English literature in Chinese universities in 1925–30.
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Died: March 6, 1973. Danby, Vermont. American novelist and writer. Pearl S. Buck was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Buck's life in China as an American citizen fueled her literary and personal commitment to improve relations between Americans and Asians. Early years.
Richard Walsh, Buck's husband of 25 years, died in 1960 from a stroke. Buck died from lung cancer in 1973 in Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck International carries on her charitable work for children and cultural understanding. Green Hills Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places and operates as a museum.
The Buck marriage was unhappy almost from the beginning, but would last for eighteen years. From 1920 to 1933, Pearl and Lossing made their home in Nanking (Nanjing), on the campus of Nanking University, where both had teaching positions. In 1921, Pearl's mother died and shortly afterwards her father moved in with the Bucks.
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Buck, Pearl S. (1892–1973) First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, who was the widely read author of over 100 books and has been translated into 69 foreign languages. Name variations: (occasional pseudonym) John Sedges. Born Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, Pocahontas County, West Virginia; died ...
