Biography
Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862–August 11, 1937) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, short story writer, and designer. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927, 1928 and 1930. Wharton combined her insider's view of America's privileged classes with a brilliant, natural wit to write humorous, incisive novels and short stories of social and psychological insight. She was well acquainted with many of her era's other literary and public figures, including Theodore Roosevelt.
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GenderFemale
Birthday1862-01-24
Deathday1937-08-11 (75 years old)
Birth NameEdith Newbold Jones
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
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FatherGeorge Frederic Jones
MotherLucretia Stevens Rhinelander
RelativesMary Mason Jones
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesNew York City · The Mount, United States of America, Castel Sainte-Claire, France
AwardsNational Women's Hall of Fame, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Knight of the Legion of Honour
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