Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright.
15 Facts About Edna Ferber
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Edna Ferber's novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big, Show Boat, Cimarron, Giant and Ice Palace, which received a film adaptation in 1960.
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Edna Ferber helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play 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.
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Edna Ferber's father was not adept at business, and the family moved often during Edna Ferber's childhood.
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In early 1909 Edna Ferber suffered a bout of anemia and returned to Appleton to recuperate.
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Edna Ferber never resumed her career as a reporter, although she subsequently covered the 1920 Republican National Convention and 1920 Democratic National Convention for the United Press Association.
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Edna Ferber initially believed her draft of what would become So Big lacked a plot, glorified failure, and had a subtle theme that could easily be overlooked.
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Edna Ferber was shocked, thinking it would be transformed into a typical light entertainment of the 1920s.
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Edna Ferber died at her home in New York City, of stomach cancer, at the age of 82.
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Edna Ferber left her estate to her sister and nieces.
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Edna Ferber was known for being outspoken and having a quick wit.
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Edna Ferber was a member of the Algonquin Round Table, a group of wits who met for lunch every day at the Algonquin Hotel in New York.
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Edna Ferber usually highlighted at least one strong secondary character who faced discrimination, ethnic or otherwise.
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Edna Ferber thus helped to highlight the diversity of American culture to those who did not have the opportunity to experience it.
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Edna Ferber wrote thirteen novels, two autobiographies, numerous short stories, and nine plays, many which were written in collaborations with other playwrights.