Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer and designer.
The Age of Innocence (1920) won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for literature, making her the first woman to win the award. She spoke fluent French as well as several other languages and many of her books were published in both French and English. (Source)
Edith Wharton
×CloseAmerican novelist, short story writer, designer (1862–1937)
Born | 24 January 1862 |
Died | 11 August 1937 |
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Edith Wharton
×CloseAmerican novelist, short story writer, designer (1862–1937)
Born | 24 January 1862 |
Died | 11 August 1937 |
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Fiction, Social life and customs, Classic Literature, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Children's fiction, short story, History, Manners and customs, Marriage, Fiction, general, Married people, American Horror tales, American Short stories, Satanism, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Union, hanging, Romance, short stories, American Civil War, Interpersonal relations, Juvenile audience, Puritans, Young womenPlaces
New England, Massachusetts, United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, New York (N.Y.), Salem Village, Berkshire Hills, New York, France, Italy, Jefferson, Wall Street, Mallard residence, Paris, India, Louisiana, Mississippi, Padua, University of Padua, Yoknapatawpha County, England, Araby, Araby bazaar, Chênière CaminadaPeople
Peyton Farquhar, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Ethan Frome, Ethelred, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Bartleby, Cicero, Edith Wharton (1862-1937), Ginger Nut, John Jacob Astor, Nippers, Turkey, Brently Mallard, C. Auguste Dupin, Fortunato, Josephine, Lady Fortunato, Louise Mallard, Luchresi, Minister D—, MontresorTime
19th century, 1600s, 1861-65, 20th century, 1861-1865, Antebellum era, American Civil War, Carnival, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 1890, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, carnival, 1862, 1862-1937, 1865-1918, 1918-1945, 20e siècle, December, England, Eton College, Oxford, Rome, University of OxfordID Numbers
- OLID: OL20188A
- ISNI: 000000012122241X
- VIAF: 17230986
- Wikidata: Q276032
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q276032
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Alternative names
- Edith Newbold Wharton
- Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
- Edith Wharton Taylor
- Mr. Edith Wharton
- Edith Wharton Edith Wharton
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