Edna Ferber

Nationality

American

Description

Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1929; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie) and Ice Palace (1958), filmed in 1960.

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Gender

Female

The best books of all time by Edna Ferber

  1. 2059 . So Big by Edna Ferber

    Winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize, So Big is widely regarded as Ferber's piece de resistance. This rollicking panorama of high and low life in the Windy City follows the travails of gambler's da...