Pearl S. Buck

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Also Known As	John Sedges • Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
Born	June 26, 1892 • Hillsboro • West Virginia
Died	March 6, 1973 (aged 80) • Vermont
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1938) • Pulitzer Prize (1932)
Notable Works	“Dragon Seed” • “East Wind, West Wind” • “The Eternal Wonder” • “The Good Earth”

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