Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhju (Chinese: 賽珍珠; pinyin: Sài Zhēnzhū), was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in...
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Date of birth:
- Jun 26, 1892
Date of death:
- Mar 6, 1973 (age 80 years)
Country of nationality:
Also known as:
- Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker,
- Pearl Sydenstrick Buck,
- Pearl Buck,
- Sai Zhen Zhu,
- Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck
