Edith Wharton
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Among her other well known works are the The House of Mirth and the novella Ethan Frome.
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Female
Full Name
Edith Newbold Jones
Date of Birth
January 24th, 1862
Age
163
Birth Place
United States of America, New York
Date of Death
August 11st, 1937
Died Aged
75
Star Sign
Aquarius
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