Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)
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Pearl S. Buck, June 26, 1892 - March 6, 1973 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American author, best know for her novels about China. Buck was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia, but as the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries she was taken to China in infancy. She received her early vis mere education in Shanghai, but returned to the United States to attend college, and graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia in 1914. Buck became a university teacher there and married John Lossing Buck, an agricultural economist, in 1917. Buck and her husband both taught in China, and she published magazine articles about life there. Her first novel East Wind, West Wind was published in 1930. Buck achieved international success with The Good Earth, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. This story of a Chinese peasant family's struggle for survival was later made into a MGM film. Buck resigned from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions after publishing an article that was critical of missionaries. She returned to the United States because of political unrest in China. Buck's novels during this period include Sons, A House Divided, and The Mother. She also wrote biographies of her father (Fighting Angel) and her mother (The Exile). She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. During her career, Buck published over 70 books: novels, nonfiction, story collections, children's books, and translations from the Chinese. She also wrote under the pseudonym John Sedges. In the United States, Buck was active in the civil rights and women's rights movements. In 1942 she founded the East and West Association to promote understanding between Asia and the West. In 1949, Buck established Welcome House, the first international interracial adoption agency. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck foundation to sponsor support for Amerasian children who were not considered adoptable. Pearl Buck died in Danbury, Vermont, on March 6, 1973. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Pearl S. Buck at the time of her winning the Nobel Prize
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Værker af Pearl S. Buck
American Triptych: Three John Sedges Novels: The Long Love ; The Townsman; Voices in the House (1958) 73 eksemplarer
The Complete Woman: Selections from the Writings of Pearl S. Buck, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1971) 27 eksemplarer
Omnibus 11 eksemplarer
Imperial Woman | Pavilion of Women 4 eksemplarer
All Men Are Brothers, Volumes I-II 4 eksemplarer
House of Earth, The Good Earth, Sons, A House Divided 3 eksemplarer
Imperial Woman (excerpt) Published in Omnibook Best-Seller Magazine October 1956 Issue (1956) 3 eksemplarer
Kinfolk, Part 1 3 eksemplarer
All Men Are Brothers Vol. 1 3 eksemplarer
Novelas. I 2 eksemplarer
Novelas IV 2 eksemplarer
KIRIK ÜMİTLER 2 eksemplarer
1946 vintage PEARL S BUCK PAVILION of WOMEN NOVEL chinese hb dj 1stED 2ndIMPRESS [Hardcover] Pearl S. Buck 2 eksemplarer
Family Circle Magazine (December 1956, Vol 49, No 6) 2 eksemplarer
Orhideja 2 eksemplarer
The Good Earth | Come, My Beloved | Imperial Woman 2 eksemplarer
Altri Dei 2 eksemplarer
Novelas. II 2 eksemplarer
The Time is Noon / Peony / Imperial Woman / Dragon Seed / The Exile / Fighting Angel (1961) 2 eksemplarer
Yulan Flying Boy of China 2 eksemplarer
Pavilion of Women, Part 1 2 eksemplarer
Portrait of a Marriage / The Promise 2 eksemplarer
The Terrible choice: the abortion dilemma, based on the proceedings of the International Conference on Abortion (1968) 2 eksemplarer
East Wind, West Wind | Fighting Angel 2 eksemplarer
VAR Las tres hijas de Madame Liang (Biblioteca de Selecciones Reader's Digest, tomo compartido) 1 eksemplar
Reader`s Digest Best Loved Books : vol.2 1 eksemplar
Det Bästas Bokval (1961) vol 21 : Brevet från Peking, Mitt liv som kraschflygare; Förmyndare; Pionjärerna;… 1 eksemplar
Four Stories of Modern China: The Old Mother - The Frill - Wang Lang - The New Road (1957) 1 eksemplar
THE EXILE. 1 eksemplar
The Decameron 1 eksemplar
Sons / A House Divided / The Exile / The Patriot / Dragon Seed / Portrait of a Marriage / The Promise (1939) 1 eksemplar
A grande luta, Pearl S. Buck 1 eksemplar
Bambuskottet 1 eksemplar
Peónia 1 eksemplar
Und faende ich sie Liebe nicht 1 eksemplar
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 57 - Das neue Jahr. Abgekartetes Spiel. Dr. Moores Krankenhaus. Die Brücke am Kwai (1969) 1 eksemplar
Geliebtes unglückliches Kind: Roman 1 eksemplar
Big Wave (Newbery) True Story 1 eksemplar
STIRPE DI DRAGO . Dragon Seed 1 eksemplar
La gran dama Novela 1 eksemplar
Les enfants abandonnés 1 eksemplar
Synové 1 eksemplar
Mujeres sin cielo 1 eksemplar
Soehne 1 eksemplar
Mándalá 1 eksemplar
Ponosno srce 1 eksemplar
Le Peuple du Japon: ["the People of Japan"] 1 eksemplar
La Vie n'attend pas: ["the Time is noon"] 1 eksemplar
La estirpe del dragón 1 eksemplar
OBRAS COMPLETAS IV. PEARL S. BUCK 1 eksemplar
Es-tu le maître de l'aube ?: ["Command the morning"], roman traduit de l'américain par Lola Tranec 1 eksemplar
Terre coréenne 1 eksemplar
OBRAS COMPLETAS III. PEARL S. BUCK 1 eksemplar
OBRAS COMPLETAS I. PEARL S. BUCK 1 eksemplar
Land der Hoffnung, Land der Trauer Roman 1 eksemplar
Le Roi fantôme 1 eksemplar
The Exhile 1 eksemplar
OBRAS COMPLETAS PEARL S. BUCK 1 eksemplar
The Long Love, Part 1 1 eksemplar
The Long Love, Part 2 1 eksemplar
De Chinese roman 1 eksemplar
OBRAS SELECTAS PEARL S. BUCK 1 eksemplar
La Terre chinoise, Les fils de Wang Lung 1 eksemplar
Moja svetova moje življenje 1 eksemplar
Pearl Buck. La Mère : Traduit de l'anglais par Germaine Delamain. Préface de Louis Gillet 1 eksemplar
Buck Pearl (Pearl Walsh) 1 eksemplar
Orkide 1 eksemplar
Casa de lut vol. I Tarina 1 eksemplar
Velka ljubezen 1 eksemplar
Ženski paviljon 1 eksemplar
Glasovi v hiši 1 eksemplar
Jezna žena 1 eksemplar
Vzhodni zahodnik 1 eksemplar
The Boy's Life Book of Wild Animal Stories 1 eksemplar
THE FIRST WIFE: And Other Stories. 1 eksemplar
Cielo cinese 1 eksemplar
The Good Earth, Part 1 1 eksemplar
The Good Earth, Part 2 1 eksemplar
Pearl Buck. Impératrice de Chine : 'Imperial woman', traduit de l'américain par Lola… (1956) 1 eksemplar
Vlastenec 1 eksemplar
Cinque romanzi per ragazzi 1 eksemplar
Peony : Roman 1 eksemplar
The Good Deed 1 eksemplar
Novelas : V 1 eksemplar
Selecciones del Reader's Digest: Mis dos mundos; Seidman e hijo; La senda de mi vida; Sol en los ojos 1 eksemplar
Omnibus (Drakenzaad, De Moeder, Pioenroos) 1 eksemplar
Noe å leve for 1 eksemplar
Dragon Seed | The Promise | East Wind, West Wind 1 eksemplar
Kinfolk, Part 2 1 eksemplar
The Bondmaid | Pavilion of Women 1 eksemplar
His Own Country 1 eksemplar
Sølvsommerfuglen 1 eksemplar
Amor , Amor y Hogar , Amor y Arte 1 eksemplar
Pearl S. Buck Reader; Reader's Digest Collection 1 eksemplar
Buck, Pearl S. Archive 1 eksemplar
The Missionary's Wife 1 eksemplar
Sons by Pearl S. Buck (1932-06-06) 1 eksemplar
Johnny Jack and His Beginnings 1 eksemplar
Christmas Miniature 1 eksemplar
Satan Never Sleeps | Love and the Morning Calm 1 eksemplar
Set of 5 Books By Pearl S. Buck 1 eksemplar
Novelas 1 eksemplar
Pearl Buck Omnibus 1 eksemplar
Opere 1 eksemplar
The Hidden Flower [abridged] 1 eksemplar
The Mother | East Wind, West Wind 1 eksemplar
Imperial Woman, Part 1 1 eksemplar
My Chinese childhood 1 eksemplar
The Story Bible Pearl S. Buck 1 eksemplar
Eine Liebesehe & Das Gelöbnis 1 eksemplar
Ingen titel 1 eksemplar
La Primera mujer de Se Yuan 1 eksemplar
Mujer imperial 1 eksemplar
LOS PREMIOS NOBEL 1 eksemplar
Las hijas de Liang 1 eksemplar
La buona terra - Stirpe di drago 1 eksemplar
Den Gode Jord VIII 1 eksemplar
ORGULLO DE CORAZÓN 1 eksemplar
සරුබිමේ පෙරළිය 1 eksemplar
පීකිං පෙම් පත 1 eksemplar
පියොනි 1 eksemplar
සරුබිමේ පුත්තු 1 eksemplar
Madame Liangs tre döttrar/Försvunnen/Katarina av Argonien/Fem svarta höns (Det bästas bokval, sammandrag) 1 eksemplar
Pearl S. Buck 1 eksemplar
LA EXILIADA. RETRATO DE UNA MADRE AMERICANA. 1 eksemplar
Pearl S. Buck - Novelas 1 eksemplar
Cloak and Dagger 1 eksemplar
Can the Church Lead? 1 eksemplar
Mrs. Stone und das Meer und andere Erzählungen 1 eksemplar
Det bästas bokval: Flygplatsen / Målaren från Kreta / Det nya året / På västfronten intet nytt 1 eksemplar
Letter From Peking 1 eksemplar
What America Means to Me 1 eksemplar
O Patríota 1 eksemplar
الأم 1 eksemplar
ÄITI 1 eksemplar
Ludzie w rozterce 1 eksemplar
Le ragazze di Madame Lang 1 eksemplar
℗La ℗famiglia dispersa: romanzo 1 eksemplar
Mis mejores novelas cortas (Antiguos y modernos / Revolución / Inundación / A lo lejos y de cerca 1 eksemplar
Lettera da Pechino 1 eksemplar
A China que eu vi (Seleções - My several worlds) 1 eksemplar
La promesa Otros dioses 1 eksemplar
LA CASA DEI FIORI 1 eksemplar
Mathew, Mark, Luke and John 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth (2010) — Associated Name, nogle udgaver — 329 eksemplarer
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 04: Just Around the Corner (1900) — Bidragyder — 155 eksemplarer
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Bidragyder — 131 eksemplarer
Women's Magazines, 1940-1960: Gender Roles and the Popular Press (1998) — Bidragyder — 89 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Death Committee | Three Daughters of Madame Liang | Once Upon an Island | The Wine and… (1970) 18 eksemplarer
My Most Inspiring Moment: Encounters with Destiny Relived by Thirty-Eight Best-Selling Authors (1965) 10 eksemplarer
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Auswahlbucher 172 : Der Unterhändler. Ostwind-Westwind. Gefährliches Erbe. Manchmal geschehen noch… (1990) 6 eksemplarer
Voiceless India — Introduktion — 5 eksemplarer
Our Family — Introduktion — 4 eksemplarer
RDCBLP v048 Polsinney Harbour | Christmas Day in the Morning | The Whale of the Victoria Cross | Winter Night (1985) — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
The Big Wave [1961 film] — Original novel — 2 eksemplarer
Det Bästas Bokval (1958) vol 010 : Ingen tid att älska, Evas tre ansikten; Mina skilda världar; Arvtagaren — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Celebration: 60 Years of Good Reading from 60 Authors Chosen by the Literary Guild (1987) 2 eksemplarer
Mia cugina Rachele - Il cavallo di legno - Vita meravigliosa delle foche - Il fiore nascosto — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Träumen — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Good Children Don't Kill, A Place In The Woods, A Town Like Alice, Snatch, The New Year (1969) 2 eksemplarer
Los premios Nobel de literatura. Los padres prodigos / Voces secretas / La senhorita Smith-Tellefsen — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Het Beste Boek 55: Het kind van de rekening / De zomer van de rode wolf / De drie dochters van Madame Liang / Geen… (1972) 1 eksemplar
Det Bästas Bokval (1957) vol 3 : Icke för ärans skull; Paschan på Gudinneön; Den dolda blomman; Stormfågel 1 eksemplar
Het Beste Boek 44: Het nieuwe jaar / De wortels van het kwaad / Scotts laatste expeditie / De zondebok / Broeders van… (1969) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Summer 1957, Volume 30: The Lady • A Houseful of Love • The Three Faces of Eve •… (1957) 1 eksemplar
De Annapurna-expeditie; De leeuw; Brief uit Peking; De grote x — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Biblioteca de Selecciones. CARTA DE PEKIN-HISTORIA DEL FBI-ANNAPURNA-LA SEÑORA DE ANDRES JACKSON. 1 eksemplar
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Farewell to the King • The Thirteenth Moon • The Three Daughters of Madame Liang… (1971) 1 eksemplar
Die Töchter der Madame Liang , Der geschenkte Gaul , Die blauen Blumen der Catstreet , Papillon (1972) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Mine Verdener / To Soldater / Digby / Pashaen på Gudindeøen / Det Store X — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Reader's Digest 4 in 1 The New Year etc. — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Andre navne
- Sedges, John
Buck, Pearl S. - Fødselsdato
- 1892-06-26
- Dødsdag
- 1973-03-06
- Begravelsessted
- Green Hills Farm, Perkasie, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Hillsboro, West Virginia, Amerika
- Dødssted
- Danby, Vermont, USA
- Dødsårsag
- cancer (lung)
- Bopæl
- USA
China - Uddannelse
- Randolph-Macon Woman's College (AB|1914 ∙ Classics)
Cornell University (MA|1926) - Erhverv
- auteur
- Relationer
- Spurling, Hilary (biographer)
- Organisationer
- American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1936])
Presbyterian Church in the United States
Kappa Delta
Oprichtster East and West Association (1942)
Oprichtster Welcome House (1949)
Oprichtster Pearl S. Buck Foundation (1964) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Nobelprijs voor Literatuur (1938)
- Kort biografi
- Pearl Sydenstricker was the daughter of Southern Presbyterian missionaries. She spent much of her life in China, though she graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. From childhood she was bilingual in English and Chinese. She married an agricultural economist named John Lossing Buck in 1917, and together they lived in rural Anhwei province, an impoverished area. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth, and other stories set in China are based on what she learned while living there. In 1935, after divorcing John Buck, Pearl married publisher Richard Walsh. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. She is buried at Green Hills Farm, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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