Edna Ferber
New York, New York, New York
Marker Inscription
Edna Ferber 1887-1968 The widely-read novelist, short story writer, and playwright, best known for the novel Giant (1952), lived here from 1923 to 1929. Ferber’s fiction is distinguished by larger-than-life stories, strong female characters, and distinctive renderings of American settings. Two of her novels were published while she lived here: the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big (1924), and Show Boat (1926).
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The Story
From 1923 to 1929, novelist and playwright Edna Ferber lived here during the most productive stretch of her career, writing fiction marked by sweeping American settings and strong female characters. While at this address she published the Pulitzer Prize–winning So Big in 1924 and Show Boat in 1926, the latter adapted into a landmark American musical. She would later be best known for the novel Giant.
Why it matters
Ferber's expansive, regionally rooted novels gave American readers a mirror of their own country and supplied source material for some of the stage and screen's defining works.
Plan your visit
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Museums & culture
- 81 Leonard Gallery4.0 mi away
- Gerben Fine Art4.0 mi away
- Bureau4.1 mi away · 112 Duane Street
- Hall des Lumières4.2 mi away · 49 Chambers Street, New York, NY
- Cloud Gallery4.3 mi away
- MĒRCER LABS4.5 mi away · 21 Dey Street
Attractions
- The River Project Wetlab3.5 mi away
- FDNY Ladder 83.9 mi away · 14 North Moore Street, New York
- Dream house3.9 mi away
- Cortlandt Alley3.9 mi away
- Textile building4.0 mi away
- Chinatown4.0 mi away
Food & drink
- Sweetgreen4.9 mi away
- Maman4.9 mi away
- Semicolon Cafe4.9 mi away
- Greene Hook Bar & Kitchen4.9 mi away
- Rumi Turkish Grill4.9 mi away
- Bluestone Lane5.0 mi away
Places to stay
- Conrad4.4 mi away · 102 North End Avenue, New York
- DoubleTree4.5 mi away · 455 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ
- M Social Hotel New York Downtown4.5 mi away · 55 Church Street, New York, NY
- Sonesta Simply Suites Jersey City4.5 mi away · 21 2nd Street, Jersey City, NJ
- Residence Inn New York Downtown Manhattan/World Trade Center Area4.6 mi away · 170 Broadway, New York, NY
- Holiday Inn4.6 mi away · 51 Nassau Street
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