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(1885-1968) Writer, author, novelist. Among Edna Ferber’s best-known novels are “So Big” (1924; Pulitzer Prize), “Show Boat” (1926; musical version 1927), “Cimarron” (1929), “Saratoga Trunk” (1941), “Giant” (1952), and “Ice Palace” (1958). Ms. Ferber also collaborated with George S. Kaufman on such plays as “The Royal Family” (1927), “Dinner at Eight” (1932), and “Stage Door” (1936). Ms. Ferber was a member of the Algonquin Hotel’s Round Table and lived at the Hotel des Artistes.

Full Name

Edna Ferber

Locations

Saratoga

Author's Timeline


1885

BIRTH

Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on August 15, 1885.

1920

OTHER

Ms. Ferber was a member of the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table and lived at the Hotel des Artistes in Manhattan, New York, in the 1920s.

1924

LITWORK

So Big
Grosset & Dunlap

Ms. Ferber was a Pulitzer Prize winner for her novel, "So Big."

1924

LITWORK

Minick
Samuel French

Ms. Ferber collaborated with George S. Kaufman on the play, "Minick."

1926

LITWORK

Show Boat
Doubleday & Company

Ms. Ferber wrote the novel, "Show Boat."

1927

LITWORK

The Royal Family
Garden City: Doubleday

Ms. Ferber wrote the play, "The Royal Family," in collaboration with George S. Kaufman.

1929

LITWORK

Cimarron
Grosset & Dunlap

Novel.

1932

LITWORK

Dinner At Eight


Play written with with George S. Kaufman.

1936

LITWORK

Stage Door


Play written with George S. Kaufman.

1941

LITWORK

Saratoga Trunk
Doubleday
0385049021 / 978-0385049023
Novel. Ferber stayed at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs in 1937 and set much of her novel there.

1952

LITWORK

Giant
Garden City: Doubleday

Novel.

1958

LITWORK

Ice Palace
Doubleday
0385047991 / 978-0385047999
Novel.

1968

DEATH

Edna Ferber died in New York City on April 16, 1968.

1968

INTERMENT

Edna Ferber's remains were cremated.

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