Writer

Edith Wharton

1862 – 1937

Active years (films on this site)

1993–2000

Genres

DramaRomance

Schools and movements

British CinemaNew Hollywood

Directors worked with

Martin Scorsese1 filmTerence Davies1 film

Biography

Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.

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Awards and honours

International

• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel 1921
• Knight of the Legion of Honour

National / local

• National Women's Hall of Fame 1996

2 films on this site

1. The Age of Innocence 1993 · Martin Scorsese · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
2. The House of Mirth 2000 · Terence Davies · IMDb 7.0 · Writer