Edith Wharton | |
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.jpg) Wharton, c. 1895 | |
| Born | Edith Newbold Jones January 24, 1862 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 11, 1937 (aged 75) Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, France |
| Resting place | Cimetière des Gonards |
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| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1921 The Age of Innocence |
| Spouse |
Edward Wharton
(m. 1885; div. 1913) |
| Relatives | Ebenezer Stevens (maternal great-grandfather) John Austin Stevens (great-uncle) Alexander Stevens (great-uncle) Frederic W. Rhinelander (uncle) Samuel Stevens Sands (cousin) Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (cousin) Frederic Rhinelander King (cousin) Byam K. Stevens (cousin) Frederic W. Stevens (cousin) Alexander Henry Stevens (cousin) Thomas Newbold (cousin) Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie (cousin) Mary Cadwalader Rawle Jones (sister-in-law) |
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Edith Newbold Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996.[1] Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
- ^ "National Women's Hall of Fame, Edith Wharton". womenofthehall.org.