Pearl S. Buck Wins Nobel Prize
- Identifier:
- 027192
- Title:
- Pearl S. Buck Wins Nobel Prize
- Date:
- 1938/11/12
- Creator:
- World Wide Photo
- Description:
- 'Pearl Buck, first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Former missionary in China and author of the novel, The Good Earth, in addition to other novels and articles, hold the cablegram she received today telling her that she had received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. The announcement of the award, which did not mention specifically any of her works, is worth about $40,000.
- Subjects:
- Nobel Prize winners., Nobel Prizes., Portraits--Buck, Pearl (Mrs. Walsh).
- Personal Names:
- Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.
- Acquisition Source:
- Bookworm & Silverfish
- Acquisition Method:
- Acquired
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView
