Edith Wharton AKA Edith Newbold Jones Born: 24-Jan-1862 Birthplace: New York City Died: 11-Aug-1937 Location of death: St. Brice-souse-Foret, France Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Cimetière des Gonards, Versailles, France
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Novelist Nationality: United States Executive summary: The Age of Innocence Husband: Edward R. Wharton (banker, m. 1885, div. 1913) Boyfriend: Morton Fullerton (journalist, extramarital affair, 1906-9)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1921 for The Age of Innocence National Women's Hall of Fame 1996
Author of books:
The Decoration of Houses (1897) The House of Mirth (1905, novel) Ethan Frome (1911, novel) The Custom of the Country (1913, novel) Xingu and Other Stories (1916, short stories) The Age of Innocence (1920, novel, Pulitzer in 1921) Hudson River Bracketed (1929, novel) The Gods Arrive (1932, novel, sequel to Hudson River Bracketed) A Backward Glance (1934, autobiography) The Buccaneers (1938, final novel, unfinished)
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #1832 (15 cents, issued 5-Sep-1980)
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