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Edna Ferber

1885 - 1968

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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. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edna Ferber is the 4,164th most popular writer (up from 4,280th in 2019), the 6,152nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,682nd in 2019) and the 468th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Edna Ferber ranks 4,164 out of 7,302. Before her are Cordelia Edvardson, René Wellek, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Hart Crane, Dušan Kovačević, and Alexander McCall Smith. After her are Amado Nervo, Anna Brigadere, Amir Hamzah, Ömer Seyfettin, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Abbās al-Aqqād.

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Among people born in 1885, Edna Ferber ranks 171. Before her are Karel Hartmann, Alexandre Volkoff, Blas Infante, Romà Forns, Pierre Montet, and Robert Liottel. After her are Anna Louise Strong, Eduard Künneke, Kazimierz Sosnkowski, István Somodi, Fernand de Montigny, and Duncan Grant. Among people deceased in 1968, Edna Ferber ranks 156. Before her are Hugo Haas, Hamilton Luske, Enoch L. Johnson, Robert Liottel, Franco Riccardi, and Eivar Widlund. After her are George Constantine, Bobby Driscoll, Luis Brunetto, Juan José Tramutola, Abel Bonnard, and Verner Weckman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edna Ferber ranks 6,152 out of 20,380. Before her are Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Zach Braff (1975), Sally Yates (1960), Taylor Lautner (1992), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), and Jerry Allison (1939). After her are Robert Urich (1946), Ralph Nelson (1916), George Constantine (1918), Jay O'Brien (1883), David Paich (1954), and Felicia Farr (1932).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Edna Ferber ranks 468. Before her are Louis Bromfield (1896), Peter Straub (1943), Melissa Mathison (1950), Sonny Barger (1938), James Thurber (1894), and Hart Crane (1899). After her are Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Redfield (1950), Theodore Roszak (1933), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Thomas Berger (1924), and Ida B. Wells (1862).

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