Pearl Buck
Nobel Prize laureate in Literature 1938
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Pearl Buck, born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia, was an American novelist and essayist. She is best known for her works depicting peasant life in China, where she spent much of her childhood. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her rich and truly epic descriptions of this life, as well as for her biographical masterpieces. Pearl Buck passed away on March 6, 1973.
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- Who is Pearl Buck?
- Pearl Buck, born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia, was an American novelist and essayist. She is best known for her works depicting peasant life in China, where she spent much of her childhood. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her rich and truly epic descriptions of this life, as well as for her biographical masterpieces. Pearl Buck passed away on March 6, 1973.
- In what year did Pearl Buck win the Nobel Prize?
- 1938 — Literature