Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 15. August 1885 |
Geburtsort | Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. |
Living the past is a dull and lonely business looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.
Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
