Edna+Ferber


 * Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber wrote books and plays that became movies like 'Show Boat,' 'Giant' and 'Stage Door.'**
 * Born on August 15, 1885, novelist and playwright Edna Ferber began her writing career as a reporter in her native Michigan. She soon started to write fiction, and in 1924 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel //So Big//. Ferber was very popular––her book //Show Boat// (1926) became a musical, and //Giant//(1952) was made into a movie ( [|James Dean] 's final film), among other adaptations. Her plays include //Dinner at Eight// and //Stage Door//. Ferber died on April 16, 1968.**
 * Edna Ferber was born on August 15, 1885, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her father, Jacob, was a Hungarian immigrant and shopkeeper, and her mother, Julia, was a native of Wisconsin. Both were of Jewish descent. Edna’s early childhood was spent in Kalamazoo, but successive failures of the family business forced a series of moves to other cities, including Ottumwa, Iowa, where the antisemitism they endured was so strong that after several years they left for a fresh start in Appleton, Wisconsin.**
 * In Appleton, Ferber attended high school and developed an interest in acting, appearing in several school productions. However, after graduating, Edna was forced to set aside her dreams of becoming a professional actor when her father became ill and began to lose his eyesight. Her mother took charge of the family business, and 17-year-old Edna found work as a reporter for the local paper, the //Appleton Daily Crescent//. After a year at the //Crescent//, Edna landed her next job at the larger //Milwaukee Journal//, where over the next four years she worked so hard that the she suffered a severe exhaustive breakdown.**


 * writer-** **author**
 * play (n)- drama**
 * novelist- a person who writes novels**
 * playwright- a writer of plays**
 * reporter- correspondent, journalist**
 * fiction- fantasy prose/book**
 * journal- a daily record**
 * shopkeeper****-seller**
 * descent-origin, ancestry**
 * attend-visit**
 * appear-arrive**
 * suffer-get**
 * landed-touch down**
 * native-original**
 * severe-hard**
 * failure-breakdown**