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Pearl Buck, recipient of the 1938 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Her maiden name was Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker. She was the fourth of seven children born to Absalom Sydenstricker and Caroline Stulting. When she was three months old, her family moved to China. She spent most of the first forty years of her life there. She was educated at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia and Cornell University.
Buck published her first novel, EAST WIND, WEST WIND, when she was 38. Her second novel, THE GOOD EARTH, gained her widespread recognition as well as a Pulitzer Prize. She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Pearl Buck died in Danby, Vermont in 1973.
CHRONOLOGY
1892 She was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. (June 26)
1914 She graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
1917 She married John Lossing Buck.
1920 She moved with her husband to Nanking.
1921 Her daughter, Carol, was born.
1925 She adopted her daughter, Janice.
1926 She received her M.A. from Cornell University.
1930 EAST WIND, WEST WIND
1931 THE GOOD EARTH
1932 SONS; THE YOUNG REVOLUTIONIST; EAST AND WEST AND THE NOVEL; IS THERE A CASE FOR FOREIGN MISIONS?
1933 THE FIRST WIFE AND OTHER STORIES
1934 MOTHER; She moved permanently to the United States.
1935 A HOUSE DIVIDED; She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.; She divorced John Lossing Buck and married Richard Walsh.
1936 THE EXILE; FIGHTING ANGEL: PORTRAIT OF A SOUL; She became a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
1938 THIS PROUD HEART; She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1939 THE PATRIOT; FLIGHT INTO CHINA; THE CHINESE NOVEL
1940 OTHER GODS; STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
1941 OF MEN AND WOMEN; TODAY AND FOREVER; WHEN FUN BEGINS
1942 DRAGON SEED; AMERICAN UNITY AND ASIA; FREEDOM FOR ALL; THE CHINESE CHILDREN NEXT DOOR; She cofounded the East and West Association.
1943 THE PROMISE; TWENTY-SEVEN STORIES; THE WATER BUFFALO CHILDREN
1944 THE DRAGON FISH, THE STORY OF DRAGON SEED; WHAT AMERICA MEANS TO ME; SUN YAT SEN; CHINA TO AMERICA
1945 PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE
1945 WILL THIS EARTH HOLD?; THE FIRST WIFE; TALK ABOUT RUSSIA; TELL THE PEOPLE: TALKS WITH JAMES YEN ABOUT THE MASS EDUCATION MOVEMENT; TELL THE PEOPLE: MASS EDUCATION IN CHINA; CHINA IN BLACK AND WHITE; YU LAN
1946 PAVILLION OF WOMEN
1947 FAR AND NEAR; HOW IT HAPPENS
1948 PEONY; THE BIG WAVE
1949 THE ANGRY WIFE; AMERICAN ARGUMEN; THE LONG LOVE; She established Welcome House.
1950 THE CHILD WHO NEVER GREW; ONE BRIGHT DAY
1951 GOD'S MEN; She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
1952 THE HIDDEN FLOWER; BRIGHT PROCESSION; ONE BRIGHT DAY
1953 COME MY BELOVED; VOICES IN THE HOUSE; THE MAN WHO CHANGED CHINA
1954 MY SEVERAL WORLDS; JOHNNY JACK AND HIS BEGINNINGS; THE BEECH TREE
1956 IMPERIAL WOMAN
1958 FRIEND TO FRIEND; AMERICAN TRIPTYCH:THREE 'JOHN SEDGES' NOVELS
1959 DESERT INCIDENT; COMMAND IN THE MORNING
1960 THE DELIGHTS OF LEARNING; CHRISTINE; THE CHRISTMAS GHOST
1961 SATAN NEVER SLEEPS; FOURTEEN STORIES
1962 A BRIDGE FOR PASSING; HEARTS COME HOME; THE BIG WAVE
1963 THE LIVING REED
1964 THE JOY OF CHILDREN; WELCOME CHILD; STORIES OF CHINA; ESCAPE AT MIDNIGHT AND OTHER STORIES
1965 THE BIG FIGHT; CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION; THE GUIDE; THE GIFTS THEY BRING; FAIRY TALES OF THE ORIENT; THE GUIDE
1966 THE LITTLE FOX IN THE MIDDLE; DEATH IN THE CASTLE; THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN; MY MOTHER'S HOUSE; FOR SPACIOUS SKIES
1967 THE TIME IN NOON; MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN; TO MY DAUGHTERS WITH LOVE
1968 THE NEW YEAR; THE PEOPLE OF CHINA
1969 THE GOOD DEED; THREE DAUGHTERS OF MADAM LIANG
1970 MANDALA; THE KENNEDY WOMEN; CHINA AS I SEE IT
1971 THE STORY BIBLE; THE CHINESE STORY TELLER; PEARL BUCK'S AMERICA
1972 ORIENTAL COOKBOOK; ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS; A COMMUNITY SUCCESS STORY; CHINA PAST AND PRESENT; THE GODDESS ADIBES
1973 MRS STARLING'S PROBLEM; A GIFT FOR THE CHILDREN; She died in Danby, Vermont. (March 6)
1974 THE RAINBOW; PEARL S. BUCK'S BOOK OF CHRISTMAS; WORDS OF LOVE
1975 EAST AND WEST
1976 SECRETS OF THE HEART
1977 THE LOVERS AND OTHER STORIES
1978 MRS STONER AND THE SEA
1979 THE WOMAN WHO WAS CHANGED
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