Historical FigureFemale
Edith Whartonová
1862 – 1937
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEdith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
January 24, 1862
New York City
Date of death
August 11, 1937
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
Citizenship
United States
Occupations & fields
writernovelistpoettranslatorprose writerart historian
Awards & honours
Knight of the Legion of HonourNational Women's Hall of FamePulitzer Prize for the Novel
Notable works
The MountThe Age of InnocenceThe TouchstoneThe House of MirthThe ReefThe Custom of the Country
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