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Edith Wharton

Also known as Edith Newbold Jones, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton, Edith Jones, Wharton, Edith, 1862–1937

American writer and designer (1862–1937)

AI overview

Edith Wharton was an American writer and designer who lived from 1862 to 1937 and is remembered as one of the major literary figures of her era. Her work exploring society, wealth, and human relationships continues to be widely read and studied today.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Jones
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: New York City
Place of death: Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
Occupation: art historian
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
Field of work: poetry
Genre: romance
Image: Edith wharton face.jpg

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writing language: English language
date of death: 1937-08-11
influenced by: Vernon Lee
Commons category: Edith Wharton
date of birth: 1862-01-24
cause of death: stroke
Commons Creator page: Edith Wharton
archives at: Smithsonian Institution
manner of death: natural causes
member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters
nominated for: Nobel Prize in Literature
place of burial: Cimetière des Gonards
topic's main category: Category:Edith Wharton
name in native language: Edith Wharton
birth name: Edith Newbold Jones
start of work period: 1878-00-00
has written for: The Atlantic
depicted by: National Portrait Gallery

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Edith Wharton, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Edith Newbold Wharton (/ˈhwɔːrtən/; née Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.

Biography

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