- Pearl S. Buck, 1892-1973, American novelist, humanitarian
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Pearl Buck, The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 - NobelPrize.org
From the Adoption History Project, we learn
Pearl S. Buck, who won both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes, was one of the best known and most widely read American novelists of the twentieth century. She was also an adoptive parent, a prominent early critic of racial and religious matching, a thorn in the side of the child welfare establishment, and an advocate of special needs, transracial, and international adoptions.
Writer Hero: Pearl S. Buck - The My Hero Project
...For as much as Pearl S. Buck was a talented and accomplished individual, it was her passionate and loving spirit that led her to become one of the most admired and respected women of her time. ...
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