Edna Ferber (1885–1968)
Autor(a) de So Big
About the Author
Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Aug. 15, 1885. She spent her early career as a reporter. In 1910, Everybody's Magazine published her short story, The Homely Heroine, set in Appleton, Wisconsin. Ferber's novel, Dawn O'Hara, the story of a newspaperwoman in Milwaukee, followed in 1911. mostrar mais She gained national attention for her series of Emma McChesney stories, tales of a traveling underskirt saleswoman that were published in national magazines. A play based on the stories, Our Mrs. McChesney, was produced in 1915, starring Ethel Barrymore. With collaborator George S. Kaufman, Ferber wrote acclaimed plays Dinner at Eight and The Royal Family. Ferber won the Pulitzer Prize in 1925 for So Big, the story of a woman raising a child on a truck farm outside of Chicago. Her best known books include Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace. Show Boat was made into a classic movie and Broadway musical; the film version of Cimarron, won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1931. Ferber wrote two autobiographies, A Peculiar Treasure published in 1939 and A Kind of Magic in 1963. She died of cancer on April 16, 1968. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Edna Ferber
The Complete James Dean Collection: East of Eden / Giant / Rebel Without a Cause (2011) — Writer — 18 exemplares
Old Man Minick [short story] 2 exemplares
The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber: Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful By Request, Half Portions, and… (2022) 2 exemplares
The Afternoon of a Faun 1 exemplar
That's Marriage [short story] 1 exemplar
Farmer in the Dell {short story} 1 exemplar
Saratoga: An Original Cast Recording 1 exemplar
The Land Is Bright 1 exemplar
The classic collection of Edna Ferber. Pulitzer Prize 1925. Novels, Novellas and short stories. Illustrated: So Big,… (2023) 1 exemplar
Saratoga (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 6] 1 exemplar
The Royal Family: Acts 1 & 2 1 exemplar
The Works: Edna Ferber 1 exemplar
Ferber, Edna Archive 1 exemplar
Show Boat, Volume 1 1 exemplar
Show Boat, Volume 2 1 exemplar
The Eldest: A Drama of American life 1 exemplar
Associated Works
America and I: Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers (1990) — Contribuidor — 118 exemplares
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table (2007) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness (2003) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 2 (1954) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Celebration: 60 Years of Good Reading from 60 Authors Chosen by the Literary Guild (1987) 2 exemplares
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly No. 7 (14 Great stories by 14 Great Authors) (1943) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Omnibook Magazine (Overseas Edition for Armed Forces) July 1945 — Autor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- FERBER, Edna
- Data de nascimento
- 1885-08-15
- Data de falecimento
- 1968-04-16
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- cancer
- Locais de residência
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- Lawrence University
- Ocupações
- reporter
playwright
novelist
short-story writer - Organizações
- Algonquin Round Table
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2013)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1930)
Membros
Discussions
June 2023: Edna Ferber em Monthly Author Reads (Novembro 2023)
Críticas
Giant por Edna Ferber
saw the movie; very good adaptation; stronger racial angle in book and questionable legality of Texas whites to steal land.
saw the movie (musical); lots of liberties with plotline; not the same story as book At All; book focused more on Parthy and Magnolia's life.
Ice Palace is a 1960 Technicolor historical drama adventure film directed by Vincent Sherman and adapted from a novel of 1958 written by Edna Ferber. The film stars Richard Burton, Robert Ryan, Carolyn Jones and Martha Hyer. It dramatizes the debate over Alaska statehood.
I enjoyed this book. Took place in the prairie just outside of Chicago. A farming novel from the 1920’s. Reminded me of a Willa Cather novel with a strong female main character. The title was a bit wired. Didn’t have much to do with the general vibe of the book as it pertains to a childhood name for her son.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 62
- Also by
- 44
- Membros
- 4,378
- Popularidade
- #5,729
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 117
- ISBN
- 517
- Línguas
- 11
- Marcado como favorito
- 7
