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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Young Adult Author
Died
Dec 14, 1953
Zodiac
Leo
Born in
Washington, DC
About
American author who wrote The Yearling, which became a classic of young adult fiction and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939. Her other notable works include The Secret River, The Sojourner, and numerous short stories.
Family
She was born in Washington, D.C. to Arthur Frank Kinnan, an attorney for the US Patent Office. She married Charles Rawlings in 1919.

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