About Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, (1892), American author, born in Hillsboro, W. Va. The daughter of American missionaries, Pearl S. Buck lived in China during her childhood, and received her higher education in the United States, graduating from Randolph-Macon College for Women, Lynchburg,Va., in 1914. Pearl S. Buck returned to China in 1917. Between 1921 and 1931 she taught English Literature at various Nanking universities, including the University of a Nanking and Chung Yang University. In 1933 Pearl S. Buck returned to America. Pearl S. Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938. Her works sympathetically portray China and its people. |
