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Edna Ferber | |
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 Ferber in 1928 | |
| Born | August 15, 1885 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | April 16, 1968 (aged 82) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, playwright |
| Education | Lawrence University |
| Genre | Drama, romance |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1925) |
Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.