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Margaret Leech

American historian and novelist (1893-1974) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 80

Margaret Kernochan Leech, also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American historian and fiction writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History both in 1942 and in 1960.

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1974Died24 February 19741960Bancroft PrizeAwardPulitzer Prize for HistoryAward1942Pulitzer Prize for HistoryAward1893Born7 November 1893

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Bancroft Prize1960
Pulitzer Prize for History1960
Pulitzer Prize for History1942

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1893 to 1974 · aged 80