Buck,Pearl Sydenstricker

Buck,Pearl Sydenstricker
Buck (bŭk), Pearl Sydenstricker. 1892-1973.
American writer whose life as a missionary in China lent a vivid immediacy to her novels, including The Good Earth (1931). She won the 1938 Nobel Prize for literature.

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  • Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker — (1892 1973)    Best selling author Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, but her missionary parents moved to China in 1892. Buck returned to the United States in 1910 to attend Randolph Macon Women’s College in Virginia, where she graduated in …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

  • Pearl Sydenstricker Buck — Pearl Buck, ca. 1932, Fotograf Arnold Genthe Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (chinesischer Name 賽珍珠 Sai Zhenzhu; Pseudonym John Sedges; * 26. Juni 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia; † 6. März 1973 in Danby, Vermont) war eine US amerikanische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Buck, Pearl — orig. Pearl Sydenstricker born June 26, 1892, Hillsboro, W.Va., U.S. died March 6, 1973, Danby, Vt. U.S. author. Buck was reared in China by her missionary parents and later taught in a Chinese university. Her first book to reach a wide audience… …   Universalium

  • Pearl Sydenstricker Buck — noun United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892 1973) • Syn: ↑Buck, ↑Pearl Buck • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author, ↑missionary, ↑missioner …   Useful english dictionary

  • Buck, Pearl — orig. Pearl Sydenstricker (26 jun. 1892, Hillsboro, W.Va., EE.UU.–6 mar. 1973, Danby, Vt.). Escritora estadounidense. Se crió en China con sus padres misioneros, y más tarde enseñó inglés en una universidad china. Su primer libro de resonancia… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Pearl Sydenstricker Buck — ➡ Buck * * * …   Universalium

  • Literaturnobelpreis 1938: Pearl Sydenstricker Buck —   Die US amerikanische Schriftstellerin wurde für ihre »wertvollen und wahrhaft epischen Schilderungen des bäuerlichen Lebens« in China und für ihre »meisterhaften Biografien« ausgezeichnet.    Biografie   Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, * Hillsboro… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Pearl S Buck — [Pearl S Buck] (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck 1892–1973) a US author who won the 1938 ↑Nobel Prize for Literature. She wrote mainly about China, where she lived for many years as a Christian teacher. It was the subject of her best known novel, The… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pearl Buck — noun United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892 1973) • Syn: ↑Buck, ↑Pearl Sydenstricker Buck • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author, ↑missionary, ↑missioner …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pearl Buck — Pearl Buck, ca. 1932, Fotograf Arnold Genthe Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (chinesischer Name 賽珍珠 Sai Zhenzhu; Pseudonym John Sedges; * 26. Juni 1892 in Hillsboro, West Virginia; † 6. März 1973 in Danby, Vermont) war eine US amerikanische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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