Edith Wharton
(1862-1937)
American novelist, short story writer, designer
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Edith Newbold Wharton (née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" 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.
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Edith Newbold Jones 24 January 1862 New York City, New York, United States
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| Died |
11 August 1937 (aged 75) Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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