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Booth Tarkington
Newton Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. He is one of only four novelists to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, along with William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. In the 1910s and 1920s he was considered America's greatest living author. Several of his stories were adapted to film. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Tarkington, along with Meredith Nicholson, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Booth Tarkington served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives, was critical of the advent of automobiles, and set many of his stories in the Midwest. He eventually removed to Kennebunkport, Maine, where he continued his life work even as he suffered a loss of vision.
BornNewton Booth Tarkington, July 29, 1869, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1946, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, dramatist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationShortridge High School, Phillips Exeter Academy
Alma materPurdue University, Princeton University
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Fiction (1919, 1922)
Years active1899–1946
Children1

About Booth Tarkington

Novelist Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States on July 29, 1869. He dies at the age of 76, on May 19, 1946.

He wrote The Magnificent Ambersons and Novelist Alice Adams, and was a Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the most popular novels of his day. Clarence: A Comedy in Four Acts (play) and Penrod Jashber are two of his other works (short stories).

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Booth Tarkington before becoming famous

Booth Tarkington was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1869 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He attended Purdue University for a semester before enrolling at Princeton. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in the early 1900s.

Achievement of Booth Tarkington

His best-known piece, Novelist Alice Adams, earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 for its portrayal of a lower-middle-class woman's quest to find a decent husband.

Booth Tarkington's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was a distant relative of Chicago Mayor James Hutchinson Woodworth and was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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After Novelist William Faulkner and John Updike, he was the third writer to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.

Booth Tarkington Income & Net worth

Booth Tarkington's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a novelist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Booth Tarkington.

Booth Tarkington Height and Weight

How tall is Booth Tarkington? At the age of 76, Booth Tarkington height is 5'9" (1.75m).

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Latest information about Booth Tarkington updated on March 18 2023.