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Summary
Edith Wharton was born on January 24, 1862[1], in New York City[2]. She died on August 11, 1937[3], in Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt[4]. She worked as a writer[5], novelist[6], poet[7], translator[8], and prose writer[9]. She ranks in the top 0.65% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,716 views/month, #6,515 of 1,000,298).[10]
Notable work: The Mount[18], The Age of Innocence[19], The Touchstone[20], The House of Mirth[21], The Reef[22], The Custom of the Country[23], Summer[24], Roman Fever[25], The Decoration of Houses[26], The Greater Inclination[27], Crucial Instances[28], Old New York[29]
Award received: Knight of the Legion of Honour[30], National Women's Hall of Fame[31], Pulitzer Prize for the Novel[32]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters[33]
Archives at: Lilly Library[39], Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library[40], Archives of American Gardens[41], Archives of American Art[42], Smithsonian Institution[43]
Things named for Edith Wharton include Wharton[53], an impact crater[54].
Why It Matters
Edith Wharton has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] She is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
She has been cited as an influence by Ray Bradbury[57], a screenwriter[58], 1920–2012[59], of United States[60], awarded the Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame[61]; Michael Chabon[62], a writer[63], b. 1963[64], of United States[65], awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[66]; and Anne Douglas Sedgwick[67], a novelist[68], 1873–1935[69], of United States[70].
Works attributed to her include The Age of Innocence[71], a literary work[72]; The House of Mirth[73], a literary work[74]; Ethan Frome[75], a literary work[76]; and Summer[77], a written work[78]. Entities named for her include Wharton[53], an impact crater[54].
FAQs
Where was Edith Wharton born?
Edith Wharton's place of birth was New York City[2].
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