Pearl S. Buck

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1892. June 25.
  • Place of birth: Hillsboro, West Virginia, USA

Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for The Good Earth, the best-selling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and which won her the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to wi...

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