Writing · geboren 1885-08-15 · Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Edna Ferber

Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go. From Wikipedia.

Bekannt aus

• Giganten (1956) – Novel
• Pioniere des wilden Westens (1931) – Novel
• Bühneneingang (1937) – Theatre Play
• Dinner um acht (1933) – Theatre Play
• Cimarron (1960) – Novel
• Mississippi-Melodie (1951) – Novel
• Show Boat (1936) – Novel
• Nimm, was du kriegen kannst (1936) – Novel
• Spiel mit dem Schicksal (1945) – Novel
• So Big! (1932) – Novel
• The Royal Family of Broadway (1930) – Author
• So Big (1953) – Author
• The Ten-Year Lunch (1987) – Herself (archive footage)
• Titanen (1960) – Novel
• Glamour (1934) – Writer
• The Expert (1932) – Theatre Play
• Show Boat (1929) – Writer
• No Place to Go (1939) – Theatre Play
• The Royal Family (1977) – Writer
• Dinner at Eight (1989) – Theatre Play
• Gigolo (1926) – Novel
• Welcome Home (1925) – Theatre Play
• So Big (1924) – Novel
• Hard to Get (1929) – Original Story
• Mother Knows Best (1928) – Writer
• The Home Girl (1928) – Story
• No Woman Knows (1921) – Novel
• A Gay Old Dog (1919) – Story
• Our Mrs. McChesney (1918) – Theatre Play
• Show Boat (1989) – Writer