Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (Noun)
Meaning
United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938.
- Her father, Absalom Sydenstricker, was a missionary in China, where Pearl Sydenstricker Buck spent most of her childhood.
- She was best known for her novels that depicted Chinese life and culture, and Pearl Sydenstricker Buck herself was revered in China as a champion of its culture.
- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck's experiences in China greatly influenced her writing, as seen in her most famous work, "The Good Earth".
- The Pearl Sydenstricker Buck House, where she lived with her second husband in Hillsboro, Pennsylvania, is now part of Pearl S. Buck International.