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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu (Chinese: 赛珍珠) was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces". She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Born	Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker 26 June 1892 Hillsboro, West Virginia
Died	6 March 1973 (aged 80) Danby, Vermont
Zodiac	Cancer
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John Lossing Buck 1890-1975 American economist · m. 1917; div. 1935 info edit

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Richard Walsh (i) -1960 · m. 1935 info edit

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Carol info 1st child with John Lossing Buck Female b. 1920 Age: 105 1920- Celebrity Baby

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Janice info 2nd child with John Lossing Buck Female b. 1925 Age: 100 1925- Celebrity Baby

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