Edna Ferber
Writing
- Born
- August 15, 1885 · Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
- Died
- April 16, 1968 (age 82)
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.
From Wikipedia.
Known for
Giant
November 8, 1956
Cimarron
January 26, 1931
Stage Door
October 8, 1937
Dinner at Eight
December 22, 1933
Show Boat
July 19, 1951
Cimarron
December 1, 1960
Show Boat
May 17, 1936
Come and Get It
November 6, 1936
Saratoga Trunk
November 21, 1945
So Big!
April 30, 1932
The Royal Family of Broadway
December 22, 1930
So Big
October 31, 1953
Behind the camera29
- 1989Dinner at Eight Theatre Play
- 1989Show Boat Writer
- 1977The Royal Family Writer
- 1960Cimarron Novel
- 1960Ice Palace Novel
- 1956Giant Novel
- 1953So Big Author
- 1951Show Boat Novel
- 1945Saratoga Trunk Novel
- 1939No Place to Go Theatre Play
- 1937