Edna Ferber (1885–1968)
Forfatter af So Big
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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. vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Edna Ferber
The Complete James Dean Collection: East of Eden / Giant / Rebel Without a Cause (2011) — Writer — 18 eksemplarer
Old Man Minick [short story] 2 eksemplarer
The Collected Short Stories of Edna Ferber: Including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful By Request, Half Portions, and… (2022) 2 eksemplarer
The Afternoon of a Faun 1 eksemplar
That's Marriage [short story] 1 eksemplar
Farmer in the Dell {short story} 1 eksemplar
Saratoga: An Original Cast Recording 1 eksemplar
The Land Is Bright 1 eksemplar
The classic collection of Edna Ferber. Pulitzer Prize 1925. Novels, Novellas and short stories. Illustrated: So Big,… (2023) 1 eksemplar
Saratoga (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 6] 1 eksemplar
The Royal Family: Acts 1 & 2 1 eksemplar
The Works: Edna Ferber 1 eksemplar
Ferber, Edna Archive 1 eksemplar
Show Boat, Volume 1 1 eksemplar
Show Boat, Volume 2 1 eksemplar
The Eldest: A Drama of American life 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table (2007) — Bidragyder — 87 eksemplarer
The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness (2003) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Celebration: 60 Years of Good Reading from 60 Authors Chosen by the Literary Guild (1987) 2 eksemplarer
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly No. 7 (14 Great stories by 14 Great Authors) (1943) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Omnibook Magazine (Overseas Edition for Armed Forces) July 1945 — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
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- Andre navne
- FERBER, Edna
- Fødselsdato
- 1885-08-15
- Dødsdag
- 1968-04-16
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødsårsag
- cancer
- Bopæl
- Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Ottumwa, Iowa, USA
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
New York, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Lawrence University
- Erhverv
- reporter
playwright
novelist
short-story writer - Organisationer
- Algonquin Round Table
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2013)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1930)
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June 2023: Edna Ferber i Monthly Author Reads (november 2023)
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Giant af 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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