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Edna Ferber

American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885–1968)

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The Immune Landscape of Cancer
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Emotional processing of fear: Exposure to corrective information.
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Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK
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Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results
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A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts
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Born: August 15, 1885 ( 1885-08-15 ) , Kalamazoo, Michigan , U.S.
Died: April 16, 1968 (1968-04-16) (aged 82), New York City, U.S.
Occupation: Novelist , playwright
Education: Lawrence University
Genre: Drama, romance
Notable awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1925)

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Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), Show Boat (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), Cimarron (1930; adapted into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), Giant (1952; made into the 1956 film of the same name) and Ice Palace (1958), which also received a film adaptation in 1960. She helped adapt her short story "Old Man Minick", published in 1922, into a play (Minick) and it was thrice adapted to film, in 1925 as the silent film Welcome Home, in 1932 as The Expert, and in 1939 as No Place to Go.

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