Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)
Author of The Good Earth
About the Author
Pearl S. Buck, June 26, 1892 - March 6, 1973 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American author, best know for her novels about China. Buck was born on June 26, 1892, in Hillsboro, West Virginia, but as the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries she was taken to China in infancy. She received her early show more education in Shanghai, but returned to the United States to attend college, and graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia in 1914. Buck became a university teacher there and married John Lossing Buck, an agricultural economist, in 1917. Buck and her husband both taught in China, and she published magazine articles about life there. Her first novel East Wind, West Wind was published in 1930. Buck achieved international success with The Good Earth, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. This story of a Chinese peasant family's struggle for survival was later made into a MGM film. Buck resigned from the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions after publishing an article that was critical of missionaries. She returned to the United States because of political unrest in China. Buck's novels during this period include Sons, A House Divided, and The Mother. She also wrote biographies of her father (Fighting Angel) and her mother (The Exile). She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. During her career, Buck published over 70 books: novels, nonfiction, story collections, children's books, and translations from the Chinese. She also wrote under the pseudonym John Sedges. In the United States, Buck was active in the civil rights and women's rights movements. In 1942 she founded the East and West Association to promote understanding between Asia and the West. In 1949, Buck established Welcome House, the first international interracial adoption agency. In 1964, she established the Pearl S. Buck foundation to sponsor support for Amerasian children who were not considered adoptable. Pearl Buck died in Danbury, Vermont, on March 6, 1973. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Pearl S. Buck at the time of her winning the Nobel Prize
Series
Works by Pearl S. Buck
American Triptych: Three John Sedges Novels: The Long Love ; The Townsman; Voices in the House (1958) 76 copies
The Complete Woman: Selections from the Writings of Pearl S. Buck, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1971) 27 copies
Omnibus 11 copies
All Men Are Brothers 5 copies
Imperial Woman | Pavilion of Women 4 copies
Kinfolk, Part 1 3 copies
All Men Are Brothers Vol. 1 3 copies
Imperial Woman (excerpt) Published in Omnibook Best-Seller Magazine October 1956 Issue (1956) 3 copies
Novelas. II 3 copies
Novelas. I 3 copies
Altri Dei 2 copies
Orhideja 2 copies
Novelas : V 2 copies
Mis diversos mundos. 2 copies
Pearl Buck 2 copies
Yulan Flying Boy of China 2 copies
Of men and women / by Pearl S. Buck 2 copies
Novelas. III 2 copies
The Time is Noon / Peony / Imperial Woman / Dragon Seed / The Exile / Fighting Angel (1961) 2 copies
Portrait of a Marriage / The Promise 2 copies
KIRIK ÜMİTLER 2 copies
The Terrible choice: the abortion dilemma, based on the proceedings of the International Conference on Abortion (1968) 2 copies
Soehne 1 copy
Relatos de la Biblia 1 copy
The Decameron 1 copy
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 57 - Das neue Jahr. Abgekartetes Spiel. Dr. Moores Krankenhaus. Die Brücke am Kwai (1969) 1 copy
House of Earth 1 copy
Le opere 1 copy
Les enfants abandonnés 1 copy
A Bridge for Passing 1 copy
ROUVA LIANGIN TYTTÄRET 1 copy
Les femmes kennedy 1 copy
3 Daughters of Madame Liang 1 copy
Glasovi v hiši 1 copy
The Exhile 1 copy
La lettre de Pekin 1 copy
The Long Love, Part 1 1 copy
The Long Love, Part 2 1 copy
Christmas Miniature 1 copy
Es-tu le maître de l'aube ?: ["Command the morning"], roman traduit de l'américain par Lola Tranec 1 copy
OBRAS SELECTAS PEARL S. BUCK 1 copy
La estirpe del dragón 1 copy
VAR Las tres hijas de Madame Liang (Biblioteca de Selecciones Reader's Digest, tomo compartido) 1 copy
Terre coréenne 1 copy
Sons / A House Divided / The Exile / The Patriot / Dragon Seed / Portrait of a Marriage / The Promise (1939) 1 copy
Ženski paviljon 1 copy
Buck Pearl (Pearl Walsh) 1 copy
Orkide 1 copy
Casa de lut vol. I Tarina 1 copy
Velka ljubezen 1 copy
Moja svetova moje življenje 1 copy
Le Roi fantôme 1 copy
Jezna žena 1 copy
Vzhodni zahodnik 1 copy
Ponosno srce 1 copy
The Good Earth, Part 1 1 copy
The Good Earth, Part 2 1 copy
A grande luta, Pearl S. Buck 1 copy
Pearl S. Buck 1 copy
Mándalá 1 copy
Sølvsommerfuglen 1 copy
Kinfolk, Part 2 1 copy
Novelas 1 copy
His Own Country 1 copy
Buck, Pearl S. Archive 1 copy
Can the Church Lead? 1 copy
Det bästas bokval: Flygplatsen / Målaren från Kreta / Det nya året / På västfronten intet nytt 1 copy
What America Means to Me 1 copy
The Hidden Flower [abridged] 1 copy
My Chinese childhood 1 copy
Essay on myself 1 copy
Imperial Woman, Part 1 1 copy
Noe å leve for 1 copy
The Missionary's Wife 1 copy
The Good Deed 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Cinque romanzi per ragazzi 1 copy
Letter From Peking 1 copy
O Patríota 1 copy
Pearl S. Buck - Novelas 1 copy
No title 1 copy
සරුබිමේ පෙරළිය 1 copy
පීකිං පෙම් පත 1 copy
පියොනි 1 copy
සරුබිමේ පුත්තු 1 copy
Le patriote 1 copy
De Chinese roman 1 copy
Vlastenec 1 copy
THE EXILE. 1 copy
Bambuskottet 1 copy
La gran dama Novela 1 copy
Mujeres sin cielo 1 copy
Den Gode Jord VIII 1 copy
Las hijas de Liang 1 copy
الأم 1 copy
ÄITI 1 copy
Ludzie w rozterce 1 copy
Mis mejores novelas cortas (Antiguos y modernos / Revolución / Inundación / A lo lejos y de cerca 1 copy
Lettera da Pechino 1 copy
LOS PREMIOS NOBEL 1 copy
La promesa Otros dioses 1 copy
LA CASA DEI FIORI 1 copy
Le ragazze di Madame Lang 1 copy
Cloak and Dagger 1 copy
La Primera mujer de Se Yuan 1 copy
Mujer imperial 1 copy
Mathew, Mark, Luke and John 1 copy
Associated Works
Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth (2010) — Associated Name, some editions — 333 copies, 19 reviews
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 04: Just Around the Corner (1962) — Contributor — 161 copies
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 137 copies, 1 review
101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (1941) — Contributor — 105 copies, 1 review
Women's Magazines, 1940-1960: Gender Roles and the Popular Press (1998) — Contributor — 91 copies, 1 review
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Death Committee | Three Daughters of Madame Liang | Once Upon an Island | The Wine and… (1970) 18 copies
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
My Most Inspiring Moment: Encounters with Destiny Relived by Thirty-Eight Best-Selling Authors (1965) 10 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbucher 172 : Der Unterhändler. Ostwind-Westwind. Gefährliches Erbe. Manchmal geschehen noch… (1990) 6 copies
Voiceless India — Introduction — 5 copies
Our Family — Introduction — 4 copies
Good Children Don't Kill, A Place In The Woods, A Town Like Alice, Snatch, The New Year (1969) 2 copies
Mia cugina Rachele - Il cavallo di legno - Vita meravigliosa delle foche - Il fiore nascosto — Contributor — 2 copies
RDCBLP v048 Polsinney Harbour | Christmas Day in the Morning | The Whale of the Victoria Cross | Winter Night (1985) — Author — 2 copies
Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Tr��umen — Contributor — 2 copies
The Big Wave [1961 film] — Original novel — 2 copies
Det Bästas Bokval (1958) vol 010 : Ingen tid att älska, Evas tre ansikten; Mina skilda världar; Arvtagaren — Contributor — 2 copies
Los premios Nobel de literatura. Los padres prodigos / Voces secretas / La senhorita Smith-Tellefsen — Contributor — 1 copy
Coronet, April 1941 — Contributor — 1 copy
Het Beste Boek 44: Het nieuwe jaar / De wortels van het kwaad / Scotts laatste expeditie / De zondebok / Broeders van… (1969) — Author — 1 copy, 1 review
Reader's Digest Condensed Books; Summer 1957, Volume 30: The Lady • A Houseful of Love • The Three Faces of Eve •… (1957) 1 copy
Het Beste Boek 55: Het kind van de rekening / De zomer van de rode wolf / De drie dochters van Madame Liang / Geen… (1972) 1 copy, 1 review
Biblioteca de Selecciones. CARTA DE PEKIN-HISTORIA DEL FBI-ANNAPURNA-LA SEÑORA DE ANDRES JACKSON. 1 copy
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Farewell to the King • The Thirteenth Moon • The Three Daughters of Madame Liang… (1971) 1 copy
Die Töchter der Madame Liang , Der geschenkte Gaul , Die blauen Blumen der Catstreet , Papillon (1972) — Contributor — 1 copy
Mine Verdener / To Soldater / Digby / Pashaen på Gudindeøen / Det Store X — Contributor — 1 copy
Reader's Digest 4 in 1 The New Year etc. — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Buck, Pearl S.
- Legal name
- Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker
- Other names
- Zhenzhu,Sai
Sedges, John
Sydenstricker, Pearl Comfort (birth name) - Birthdate
- 1892-06-26
- Date of death
- 1973-03-06
- Burial location
- Green Hills Farm, Perkasie, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA (birth)
- Birthplace
- Hillsboro, West Virginia, USA
- Place of death
- Danby, Vermont, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer (lung)
- Places of residence
- Zhenjiang, China
Nanjing, China
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA - Education
- Randolph-Macon Woman's College (AB|1914 ∙ Classics)
Cornell University (MA|1926) - Occupations
- novelist
teacher - Relationships
- Spurling, Hilary (biographer)
- Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1936)
Presbyterian Church in the United States
Kappa Delta
Founder East and West Association (1942)
Founder Welcome House (1949)
Founder Pearl S. Buck Foundation (1964) - Awards and honors
- Nobel Prize (Literature, 1938)
Pulitzer Prize (1932) - Short biography
- Pearl Sydenstricker was the daughter of Southern Presbyterian missionaries. She spent much of her life in China, though she graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. From childhood she was bilingual in English and Chinese. She married an agricultural economist named John Lossing Buck in 1917, and together they lived in rural Anhwei province, an impoverished area. Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth, and other stories set in China are based on what she learned while living there. In 1935, after divorcing John Buck, Pearl married publisher Richard Walsh. In 1938, Buck became the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. She is buried at Green Hills Farm, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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