Booth Tarkington Writer

Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is, with William Faulkner and John Updike, one of only three novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.

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Booth Tarkington
Alias (AKA)Tarkington Newton Booth
Birth dateJuly 29, 1869
Birth nameNewton Booth Tarkington
Birth place
Indianapolis , United States , Indiana
Date of deathMay 19, 1946
Place of death
Indianapolis , United States , Indiana

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