Edith Wharton
January 24, 1862 –August 11, 1937
Writer, Novelist, Poet, Translator, Prose writer, Art historian
Lived 75 years
- Born in
- New York City
- Passed away in
- Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
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 upper-class New York society 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.
Notable works: The Mount, The Age of Innocence, The Touchstone, The House of Mirth, The Reef, The Custom of the Country, Summer, Roman Fever Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, National Women's Hall of Fame, Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
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