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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright.
- American Beauty
American Beauty is a 1931 novel by American author Edna...
- Cimarron
Cimarron is a 1960 American epic Western film based on the...
- So Big (novel)
So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was...
- Show Boat (novel)
Show Boat is a 1926 novel by American author and dramatist...
- American Beauty
So Big is a 1924 novel written by Edna Ferber. The book was inspired by the life of Antje Paarlberg in the Dutch community of South Holland , Illinois, a Chicago suburb. It was a best-seller in the United States and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1925.
Show Boat is a 1926 novel by American author and dramatist Edna Ferber. It chronicles the lives of three generations of performers on the Cotton Blossom, a floating theater on a steamboat that travels between small towns along the banks of the Mississippi River, from the 1880s to the 1920s.
Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of Showboat, So Big, and Giant, whose novels examine American values and culture, especially their impact on women.
May 29, 2018 · Born 15 August 1887, Kalamazoo, Michigan; died 16 April 1968, New York, New York. Daughter of Jacob C. and Julia Neuman Ferber. Edna Ferber began her writing career as a newspaper reporter in Appleton, Wisconsin, as well as in Milwaukee, and Chicago, but wrote her first novel, Dawn O'Hara (1911), during a prolonged illness.
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels were popular in her lifetime and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and Giant (1952; made into the ...
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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist and playwright whose name perhaps less known today than other classic women authors of her time. In her heyday, Ferber was considered one of the most successful writers of the time—primarily the 1920s through the early 50s, with earning power to prove it.
