Person Detail: Edna Ferber

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General Information:
Full Name: Edna Ferber
Biography: (1885-1968) Writer, author, novelist. Among Edna Ferber's best-known novels are "So Big" (1924; Pulitzer Prize), "Show Boat" (1926; musical version 1927), "Cimarron" (1929), "Saratoga Trunk" (1941), "Giant" (1952), and "Ice Palace" (1958). Ms. Ferber also collaborated with George S. Kaufman on such plays as "The Royal Family" (1927), "Dinner at Eight" (1932), and "Stage Door" (1936). Ms. Ferber was a member of the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table and lived at the Hotel des Artistes.
Author's Timeline:
1941		Saratoga County Saratoga Trunk (Pub: Doubleday ISBN: 0385049021 / 978-0385049023) Novel. Ferber stayed at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs in 1937 and set much of her novel there.
1920		New York County Ms. Ferber was a member of the Algonquin Hotel's Round Table and lived at the Hotel des Artistes in Manhattan, New York, in the 1920s.
1885		(Unknown) County Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on August 15, 1885.
1968		New York County Edna Ferber died in New York City on April 16, 1968.
1924		(Unknown) County So Big (Pub: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: ) Ms. Ferber was a Pulitzer Prize winner for her novel, "So Big."
1926		(Unknown) County Show Boat (Pub: Doubleday & Company ISBN: ) Ms. Ferber wrote the novel, "Show Boat."
1929		(Unknown) County Cimarron (Pub: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: ) Novel.
1952		(Unknown) County Giant (Pub: Garden City: Doubleday ISBN: ) Novel.
1958		(Unknown) County Ice Palace (Pub: Doubleday ISBN: 0385047991 / 978-0385047999) Novel.
1927		(Unknown) County The Royal Family (Pub: Garden City: Doubleday ISBN: ) Ms. Ferber wrote the play, "The Royal Family," in collaboration with George S. Kaufman.
1932		(Unknown) County Dinner At Eight Play written with with George S. Kaufman.
1936		(Unknown) County Stage Door Play written with George S. Kaufman.
1924		(Unknown) County Minick (Pub: Samuel French ISBN: ) Ms. Ferber collaborated with George S. Kaufman on the play, "Minick."
1968		(Unknown) County Edna Ferber's remains were cremated.