Why did Pearl Buck win The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938?

Answer 1

Pearl S. Buck has written:

'Words of love' -- subject(s): American poetry

'Imperial Woman'

'The bondmaid' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Und weiter fuhrt der weg nach westen'

'The Good Earth'

'Pearl Buck speaks for democracy' -- subject(s): Race relations, African Americans

'East wind, West wind'

'Pavilion of women' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'My several worlds' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Lending library

'Pavilion of Women (Oriental Novels of Pearl S. Buck)'

'The good earth'

'Sturme aus ost und West'

'All Under Heaven'

'The hidden flower'

'Dragon Seed (Progress English)'

'A house divided' -- subject(s): Fiction

'Pivoine'

'The Good Earth in Korean'

'A community success story' -- subject(s): Education, Children with mental disabilities, Pearl Buck Center

'The mother' -- subject(s): Fiction in English, Women peasants, Communism, Fiction

'Christmas miniature' -- subject(s): Christmas stories

'Frau im Zorn' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY

'Die Frau des Missionars. Roman'

'Imperial woman' -- subject(s): Fiction, Empresses, History, Fiction in English, Women

'The rainbow;'

'Asia and democracy' -- subject(s): World War, 1939-1945

'Voices in House'

'American argument' -- subject(s): National characteristics, American, Civilization, African Americans, Race relations, American National characteristics

'Altivez'

'Peony'

'Elements of democracy in the Chinese traditional culture' -- subject(s): Politics and Government, Democracy

'Once upon a Christmas' -- subject(s): Christmas stories

'Other gods' -- subject(s): Fiction in English

'Sons'

'Hearts come home' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Die Frau des Missionars' -- subject(s): Missions

'Friend to friend' -- subject(s): National characteristics, American, Foreign public opinion, Foreign relations, American National characteristics

'Is there a case for foreign missions?' -- subject(s): Missions

'A Field of Rice'

'Mrs. Stoner and the Sea'

'The Good Earth (Pacemaker Classics)'

'Bright Procession'

'Pavilion of women' -- subject(s): Fiction, Fiction in English, Man-woman relationships, Married women, Women

'Good Earth (Arabic Translated from English)'

'For spacious skies' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY

'The exile'

'Die mutter'

'L 'Amour demeure'

'Fairy Tales of the Orient' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales, Oriental, Fairy tales, Oriental Tales

'Mandala' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Social life and customs, Americans, Princes, Fiction

'Can The Church Lead?'

'The townsman' -- subject(s): Fiction

'Kinfolk' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Pavillon des femmes'

'Pivoine'

'Haha no syouzou'

'Johnny Jack and his beginnings'

'A bridge for passing' -- subject(s): American Novelists, Biography, Social life and customs

'China past and present' -- subject(s): Biography, Homes and haunts, Civilization, Americans, Novelists, American, Intellectual life, American Novelists

'The bondmaid'

'The time is noon' -- subject(s): Protected DAISY

'The first wife and other stories'

'The Big Wave'

'Buena Tierra/Good Earth'

'The hidden flower' -- subject(s): Fiction, Young women, Fiction in English, Americans

'The long love [by] John Sedges [pseud.]'

'Akrabular'

'Living Reed'

'Pearl Buck's the Good Earth'

'The new year' -- subject(s): Korean American children, Illegitimate children, Fiction

'Story Bible, New Testament (Story Bible)'

'Hous e of Earth'

'With a delicate air, and other stories'

'East wind: west wind'

'Letter from Peking.' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'East and West' -- subject(s): East and West, Fiction, Large type books

'One bright day'

'Imperial woman' -- subject(s): Fiction

'The three daughters of Madame Liang'

'La terre chinoise'

'Stolzes Herz'

'The good deed and other stories of Asia, past and present'

'L'ange combattant'

'Pavillion of women' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Argument Argument'

'Good Earth'

'House Divided'

'Gods Men'

'East and West and the novel' -- subject(s): Chinese fiction, History and criticism

'The patriot' -- subject(s): Fiction

'Oriental Cookbk P'

'The Christmas mouse'

'The exile' -- subject(s): China, Missions, Vietnamese language books, Popular Print Disabled Books

'Command the morning' -- subject(s): Atomic bomb, Fiction

'Rainbow'

'Der Engel mit dem Schwert. Roman'

'Le patriote'

'Letter from Peking' -- subject(s): Fiction in English, Fiction

'The good earth'

'My several worlds' -- subject(s): Accessible book, American Novelists, Biography

'Fourteen stories'

'The spirit and the flesh'

'Der Weg ins Licht' -- subject(s): Accessible book

'Fighting Angel'

'Hearts Come Home and Other Stories'

'The dragon fish' -- subject(s): In library, Juvenile fiction

'Imperial woman.' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Fiction

Answer 2

Pearl Buck won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces. Her masterpiece "The Good Earth" was particularly influential in winning her the award.

Answer 3

Pearl S. Buck is famous because she wrote many novels that were about life in China and then she received the Nobel Prize for literture.

Answer 4

Pearl S. Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. The house where she was born in has been turned into a museum.

Answer 5

• 1930-published her first book
• 1931-Published her 2nd novel
• 1935-Won the Pulitzer prize & the howlles medalmedal

Answer 6

She wrote about pre-WWII China, which many people in the United States were fascinated to hear about that the time.

Answer 7

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 was awarded to Pearl Buck for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.