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Edna Ferber

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American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885-1968)

United StatesWritersLived 1885 to 1968 · aged 82
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Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960.

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Plaque located in Manhattan, at 65th Street & Central Park West, in the building in which Edna Ferber lived for six yearsPlaque located in Manhattan, at 65th Street & Central Park West, in the building in which Edna Ferber lived for six years

Awards 3

2009Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
2002Distinguished Americans series
1925Pulitzer Prize for the Novel

Connected to Edna 6

Carolyn JonesAlso in Ice Palace (1960)William WylerAlso in Glamour (1934)Frances FarmerAlso in Come and Get It (1936)Sam WoodAlso in Saratoga Trunk (1945)Lucile WatsonAlso in The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)Richard DixAlso in Cimarron (1931)

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Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant 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.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1885 to 1968 · aged 82
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30 languages

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