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Booth Tarkington
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Booth Tarkington (1922)
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| Born | Newton Booth Tarkington July 29, 1869 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 19, 1946 (aged 76) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, dramatist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Shortridge High School Phillips Exeter Academy |
| Alma mater | Purdue University Princeton University |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1919, 1922) |
| Years active | 1899–1946 |
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| Children | 1 |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1902–1903 |
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Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 – May 19, 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 Whitehead. 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.
Booth Tarkington served one term in the Indiana House of Representatives, was critical of the advent of automobiles, and set many of his stories in the Midwest. He eventually removed to Kennebunkport, Maine, where he continued his life work even as he suffered a loss of vision.
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Cover page for Penrod, depicting Penrod Schofield and his dog Duke (1914)
