pearl buck

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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973), United States author who was a missionary and lived in China, author of "The Good Earth

orig. Pearl Sydenstricker born June 26, 1892, Hillsboro, W.Va., U.S. died March 6, 1973, Danby, Vt. U.S. author. Buck was reared in China by her missionary parents and later taught in a Chinese university. Her first book to reach a wide audience was The Good Earth (1931, Pulitzer Prize), describing the struggles of a Chinese peasant and his slave wife. Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935) followed; the trilogy was published as The House of Earth (1935). Among her later works are short stories, novels (including five under the pseudonym John Sedges), and an autobiography. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938

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Pearl S. Buck

a US writer who lived for many years in China until 1931 and wrote several novels about that country. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938 (1892-1973)

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck

{i} Pearl Buck (1892-1973), United States author who was a missionary and lived in China, author of "The Good Earth

Turkish pronunciation

pırl bʌk

Pronunciation

/ˈpərl ˈbək/ /ˈpɜrl ˈbʌk/