Edna Ferber
Ferber was Born on August 15 1885 in Kalamazoo Michigan
Her parents were Jacob Ferber and Neumann Ferber.
(this was Edna ferber as a child)
Edna Ferber
Her first job was as a newspaper writer for the Appleton daily crest.
Ferber always wanted to be actress, but became a writer.
Edna Ferber
Novelist and play writer Edna Ferber began her writing career as a reporter in her native Michigan
She was best known for her books and plays that became famous movies like showboat and stage door.
Edna Ferber
In 1924 her novel So Big brought her critical acclaim.
She won the Pulitzer prize for it and sold over 300,000 copies.
Edna Ferber
Ferber wrote 2 short story collections these book being named Being Better and sided down. The other collection was Fanny herself, The girls, and gigolo.
Ferber wrote all kinds of books like poems, short stories, autobiographies, biographies and many more.
Edna Ferber
Many of ferbers novels were made into plays.
The most poplar and successful being showboat.
Famous quotes by Edna Ferber
“Being and old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.”
“Whoever said love conquers all was a fool, Because almost everything conquers love or tries to.
Edna Ferber
Ferber was said to be “the greatest American woman novelist of her time.”
Fer wrote 2 autobiographies named “A perculiar treasure” and “A kind of magic.”
Edna Ferber
Edna Ferber was never married and didn't want to be either.
Edna never had any children.
Edna Ferber
Edna had a school named after her after she died.
She was diagnosed with lung cancer 4 years before her death.
Edna Ferber
Ferber died at 82 years old because of lung cancer at her home in new york.
The new york times wrote her obituary.
Credits
www.csustan.edu
Www.apl.org/history/photos.html
www.biography.com/people/edna-ferber9293049
www.goodreads.com
Created By: Chloe Ward