Pearl S. Buck Writer

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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Buck Pearl Sydenstricker (full name); Sydenstricker Pearl (birth name); Sai Zhenzhu
Birth date	June 26, 1892
Birth name	Pearl Sydenstricker
Birth place	West Virginia , Hillsboro West Virginia , United States
Nationality	United States
Date of death	March 06, 1973
Place of death	Vermont , Danby Vermont , United States
Spouse	John Lossing Buck