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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
AuthorBooks · Second hand1896-1953
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American writer who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling—about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn—won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939 and was later made into a movie of the same name. The book was written before the concept of young adult fiction arose but is now commonly included in teen reading lists.
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About Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Birth
1896
Death
1953
First book
1912
Years writing
114
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was an American writer who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling—about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn—won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939 and was later made into a movie of the same name. The book was written before the concept of young adult fiction arose but is now commonly included in teen reading lists.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings left her career as a journalist in big cities to seek a quieter life in a Florida orange grove.
Her most famous work, The Yearling, earned her the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and international acclaim.
After several failed attempts at short stories, she found her true literary voice by connecting deeply with the nature and people of Cross Creek.
In addition to being a novelist, Rawlings explored various creative facets as a screenwriter and children's book author.
Her literary legacy spans 33 works that masterfully capture the life and customs of rural Florida.
