“Life
can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a
writer's lover until death.” – Edna Ferber
Born
this day in 1885, Edna Ferber was a novelist, short story writer and
playwright, whose novels were wildly popular and won her a remarkable four
Pulitzer Prizes – for So Big, Show Boat,
Cimarron and Giant, the latter
three also made into award-winning movies.
Show Boat also was adapted for
the stage as a Broadway musical and Cimarron
won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Ferber's
novels generally featured strong female protagonists, along with a rich and
diverse collection of supporting characters. She usually highlighted at least
one strong secondary character who faced discrimination ethnically or for other
reasons, demonstrating her belief that people are people and that the
not-so-pretty people have the best character.
“I
like to look at all sides of people and be open to any idea,” she said. “A closed mind is a dying mind.”
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