Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu (Chinese: 賽珍珠; pinyin: Sài Zhēnzhū), was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces".After returning to the United States in 1935, she continued writing prolifically and became a prominent advocate of the rights of women and minority groups, and wrote widely on Asian cultures, becoming particularly well known for her efforts on behalf of Asian and mixed-race adoption.
June 26, 1892, Hillsboro, West Virginia, United States
Died
March 6, 1973, Danby, Vermont, United States
Place Of Birth
Hillsboro, West Virginia, USA
Profession
Writer, Producer, Miscellaneous Crew
Education
Randolph College, Cornell University, University of Toronto Mississauga, Randolph–Macon College
Nationality
American
Spouse
Richard Walsh, John Lossing Buck
Children
Janice Walsh, Carol Buck
Parents
Caroline Stulting, Absalom Sydenstricker
Siblings
Edgar Sydenstricker, Grace Sydenstricker Yaukey
Awards
Nobel Prize in Literature, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Movies
Pavilion of Women, Guide, Satan Never Sleeps, China Sky, Dragon Seed, The Good Earth
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
1
The truth is always exciting, Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
2
On work: The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
3
On ambition: All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.
4
It is better to be first with an ugly woman than the hundredth with a beauty.
5
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
6
Because psychologists have been able to discover, exactly as in a slow-motion picture, the way the human creature acquires knowledge and habits, the normal child has been vastly helped by what the retarded have taught us.
7
A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.
8
Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
9
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
10
Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.
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Fact
1
Charter member of the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1973.
2
Pictured on a 5¢ US definitive postage stamp issued 25 June 1983.
3
Was awarded the 1938 Nobel prize in literature.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pavilion of Women
2001
novel
The Gift
1977
Short story
Guide
1965
US version - US version
Satan Never Sleeps
1962
novel "The China Story"
The Big Wave
1961
novel / screenplay
Die große Woge
1958
TV Movie play
Robert Montgomery Presents
1957
TV Series magazine story - 1 episode
The Alcoa Hour
TV Series adaptation - 1 episode, 1956 novel - 1 episode, 1956
Matinee Theatre
1956
TV Series book - 1 episode
Da di
1954
novel
China Sky
1945
novel
Dragon Seed
1944
novel
The Good Earth
1937
based upon the novel by
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Big Wave
1961
executive producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Good Earth
1937
technical advisor - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The David Frost Show
1971
TV Series
Herself
Today
1971
TV Series
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1966
TV Series
Herself - author
The Twentieth Century
1959
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Mike Wallace Interview
1958
TV Series
Herself
The Tex and Jinx Show
1957
TV Series
Herself
Person to Person
1956
TV Series documentary
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1938
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize
"for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical ... More
$1.9 Million
