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Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Buck in 1972
Born	26 June 1892
Died	6 March 1973(1973-03-06) (aged 80)
Occupation	Writer
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize in 1932

Pearl S.

Buck (June 26, 1892—March 6, 1973) was an American writer. She lived in China for over 20 of 40 years and wrote about the country. Her book The Good Earth was a bestseller in 1931 and 1932. The book won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932.

She won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature for a trilogy of novels about a Chinese farm family and biographies about her missionary parents. When she returned to the United States, she became active in charitable and political causes.

Pearl s buck books in order

Early life

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Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. The letter "S" in her name, "Pearl S. Buck", stands for "Sydenstricker" because her father was named Absalom Sydenstricker.

He was a ChristianPresbyterianmissionary to China, so Buck went to China a little while after she was born. She