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Pearl S. Buck (1892 ? 1973; American writer and novelist.
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Buck (1892 ? 1973; also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu;. American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Title: Pearl S. Buck (1892 ? 1973; American writer and novelist.
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Buck (1892 ? 1973; also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu;.
American writer and novelist.
As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China.
Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932.
In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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