Novelist Edna Ferber

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Edna Ferber

Living place: Kalamazoo

Birthday: 15-8-1887

Global rank: #42975

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Who is Novelist Edna Ferber?
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of So Big (1924), she is best known for her 1926 work, Show Boat, which was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 1927. Several works. Her other works, including Cimarron (1929) and Giant (1952) were made into award-winning motion pictures.
Many of her novels and stories feature characters from the American Midwest who witnessed vast cultural and technological change over generations. She is especially known for creating strong female characters.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She briefly attended Lawrence College before beginning a literary career as a reporter for Milwaukee Magazine and The Crescent Appleton Daily. She published her first novel, Dawn O'Hara, in 1911.

Family life info

She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. She never married or had children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Edna Ferber?
She collaborated with George S. Kaufman on the writing of many plays, including Dinner at Eight and Stage Door.

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When was Novelist Edna Ferber born?
Edna Ferber was born in 15-8-1887, death year is , at the age of 137.
Where is Novelist Edna Ferber's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Edna Ferber's global rank is 42975 and whose rank is 291 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1887 and 15-8

Birthday Edna Ferber (15-8) in history

  • Day 15-8 year 1057: The King of Scotland, Macbeth was killed by Malcolm Canmore.
  • Day 15-8 year 1911: Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.
  • Day 15-8 year 1935: Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash.
  • Day 15-8 year 1939: The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood.
  • Day 15-8 year 1947: The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan.
  • Day 15-8 year 1948: South Korea became the Republic of Korea.
  • Day 15-8 year 1969: Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York.
  • Day 15-8 year 1998: A car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people. It was the deadliest act of violence in more than 30 years of "Troubles."
  • Day 15-8 year 2001: Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
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