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Booth Tarkington

Booth Tarkington

Known For Writing
Birthday Jul 29, 1869
Died May 19, 1946 (76)
Birthplace Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 18, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 18, 2025
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Biography

Newton Booth Tarkington (1869–1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) and Alice Adams (1921). 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 Wh ... itehead. 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.

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On Moonlight Bay

On Moonlight Bay

1951

Story

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946

Novel

Father's Son

Father's Son

1941

Story

Seventeen

Seventeen

1940

Novel

Little Orvie

Little Orvie

1940

Novel

Clarence

Clarence

1937

Theatre Play

Penrod and Sam

Penrod and Sam

1937

Novel

Gentle Julia

Gentle Julia

1936

Novel

Mississippi

Mississippi

1935

Story

Alice Adams

Alice Adams

1935

Novel

Penrod and Sam

Penrod and Sam

1931

Story, Novel

Father's Son

Father's Son

1931

Novel

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

1930

Novel

Cameo Kirby

Cameo Kirby

1930

Theatre Play

The Man Who Found Himself

The Man Who Found Himself

1925

Co-Writer

Pampered Youth

Pampered Youth

1925

Novel

Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

1924

Novel

The Turmoil

The Turmoil

1924

Novel

Pied Piper Malone

Pied Piper Malone

1924

Story

The Fighting Coward

The Fighting Coward

1924

Theatre Play

Boy of Mine

Boy of Mine

1923

Story

Penrod and Sam

Penrod and Sam

1923

Novel

The Flirt

The Flirt

1922

Story

Penrod

Penrod

1922

Novel

The Man From Home

The Man From Home

1922

Writer

Clarence

Clarence

1922

Theatre Play

Edgar's Feast Day

Edgar's Feast Day

1921

Story

Edgar's Hamlet

Edgar's Hamlet

1920

Original Story

Edgar's Jonah Day

Edgar's Jonah Day

1920

Story

The Country Cousin

The Country Cousin

1919

Theatre Play

Seventeen

Seventeen

1916

Novel

The Turmoil

The Turmoil

1916

Novel

Cameo Kirby

Cameo Kirby

1914

Original Story

Springtime

Springtime

1914

Original Story

The Man From Home

The Man From Home

1914

Writer

Beau Brummel

Beau Brummel

1913

Novel

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