(1892–1973), American writer; full name Pearl Sydenstricker Buck. Her upbringing and work in China inspired her earliest novels, including The Good Earth (Pulitzer Prize, 1931). Nobel Prize for Literature (1938).
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Buck, Pearl S.
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(1892–1973), US writer; full name Pearl Sydenstricker Buck. Her upbringing and work in China inspired her earliest novels, including The Good Earth (1931) and Dragon Seed (1942). Nobel Prize for Literature (1938).