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Pearl S. Buck: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker • John Sedges
Born June 26, 1892 • Hillsboro • West Virginia
Died March 6, 1973 (aged 80) • Vermont
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1938) • Pulitzer Prize (1932)
Notable Works “Dragon Seed” • “East Wind, West Wind” • “The Eternal Wonder” • “The Good Earth”

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