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Edna Ferber
American novelist and playwright (–)
Edna Ferber (August 15, – April 16, ) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright.
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Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (), Show Boat (; made into the celebrated musical), Cimarron (; adapted into the film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (; made into the film of the same name) and Ice Palace (), which also received a film adaptation in She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in , into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in as the silent film Welcome Home, in as The Expert, and in as No Place to Go.
Life and career
Early years
Ferber was born August 15, , in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to a Hungarian-born Jewish storekeeper, Jacob Charles Ferber, and his Milwaukee, Wisconsin-born wife, Julia (Neumann) Ferber, who was of German Jewish descent.
The Ferbers had moved to Kalamazoo from Chicago, Illinois in order to open a dry g
