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Margaret Landon is the American writer best known for Anna and the King of Siam, her 1944 bestseller about the life of Anna Leonowens, has eventually sold over a million copies and has been translated into more than 20 languages. In 1950, Landon sold the rights to the musical to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who created the musical The King and I out of his book. A later work, Never Dies the Dream, appeared in 1949.
BornMargaret Dorothea Mortenson, September 7, 1903, Somers, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 1993, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
EducationWheaton College, Education (B.A, 1925)
OccupationWriter, Presbyterian missionary
Spouse(s)Kenneth Landon
Children4

About Margaret Landon

Novelist Margaret Landon was born in Wisconsin, United States on September 7, 1903. She dies at the age of 90, on December 4, 1993.

She was an American author best known for her 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam, which is a fictitious depiction of the life of real-life governess Anna Leonowens. The King and I, a Broadway musical with by by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II, was inspired by the book, which sold a million copies.

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Margaret Landon before becoming famous

Margaret Landon was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1903 is also the year of Rabbit (兔) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She worked as a schoolteacher for a short time after graduating from Wheaton College in Illinois.

Achievement of Margaret Landon

In Trang, Thailand, she and her husband founded a mission school.

Margaret Landon's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Kenneth Landon, whom she married in 1926, had four children with her.

Margaret Landon Collabed with

Movie Actress Samantha Eggar starred in the CBS film adaptation of The King and I.

Margaret Landon Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Margaret Landon updated on March 14 2023.