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Person
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Ferber, Edna
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Description area
Dates of existence
1885-1968
History
Edna Ferber was an American writer of novels and plays. In 1924, she won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "So Big." She is perhaps best known for her book "Show Boat" (1926), which was made into a musical by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern. She died on April 16, 1968.