Booth Tarkington

Writer

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 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.

Born: July 29, 1869 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Died: May 19, 1946 (Age 76)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Alice Adams Movie	6.8	Writing	Novel	1935
Cameo Kirby Movie	5.5	Writing	Original Story	1923
Mississippi Movie	6.3	Writing	Story	1935
Monsieur Beaucaire Movie	6.5	Writing	Novel	1946
Monsieur Beaucaire Movie	5.8	Writing	Novel	1924
Monte Carlo Movie	6.5	Writing	Novel	1930
On Moonlight Bay Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	7.1	Writing	Story	1951
Penrod and His Twin Brother Movie	5.7	Writing	Author	1938
Penrod and Sam Movie	6.1	Writing	Novel	1937
Penrod and Sam Movie	6	Writing	Story, Novel	1931
Penrod's Double Trouble Movie	6	Writing	Story	1938
Presenting Lily Mars Movie	6.6	Writing	Novel	1943
The Magnificent Ambersons Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	7.7	Writing	Novel	1942
Pied Piper Malone Movie	6	Writing	Story	1924
Little Orvie Movie	5.5	Writing	Novel	1940
Penrod Movie	6.8	Writing	Novel	1922
Pampered Youth Movie	5.9	Writing	Novel	1925
The Fighting Coward Movie	6.1	Writing	Theatre Play	1924
The Man From Home Movie	6.7	Writing	Writer	1914
Seventeen Movie	6.4	Writing	Novel	1940
Father's Son Movie	6.5	Writing	Novel	1931
The Man From Home Movie	6.6	Writing	Writer	1922
River of Romance Movie	5.4	Writing	Original Story	1929
Father's Son Movie	5.1	Writing	Story	1941
Cameo Kirby Movie	6.6	Writing	Theatre Play	1930
Clarence Movie	5.9	Writing	Theatre Play	1937
Business and Pleasure Movie	6.2	Writing	Novel	1932
Penrod and Sam Movie	7	Writing	Novel	1923
The Flirt Movie		Writing	Story, Novel	1922
The Turmoil Movie	7.1	Writing	Novel	1924
Boy of Mine Movie		Writing	Story	1923
The Man Who Found Himself Movie		Writing	Co-Writer	1925
The Conquest of Canaan Movie	5.2	Writing	Novel	1921
Seventeen Movie	8.3	Writing	Novel	1916
Gentle Julia Movie		Writing	Novel	1923
Gentle Julia Movie	6.9	Writing	Novel	1936
The Country Cousin Movie		Writing	Theatre Play	1919
The Turmoil Movie		Writing	Novel	1916
Clarence Movie		Writing	Theatre Play	1922
The Conquest of Canaan Movie		Writing	Novel	1916
Cameo Kirby Movie	6.5	Writing	Original Story	1914
Springtime Movie		Writing	Original Story	1914
The Gentleman from Indiana Movie	6.2	Writing	Novel	1915
You Find it Everywhere Movie		Writing	Novel	1921
Edgar's Feast Day Short Film		Writing	Story	1921
The Flirt Movie		Writing	Story	1916
Beau Brummel Short Film		Writing	Novel	1913
A Gentleman of France Short Film		Writing	Novel	1905
Cherry Short Film		Writing	Novel	1914
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet Short Film		Writing	Novel	1920
Edgar's Hamlet Short Film		Writing	Original Story	1920
Edgar's Jonah Day Short Film		Writing	Story	1920
Edgar Takes the Cake Short Film		Writing	Story	1920
Edgar's Little Saw Short Film		Writing	Writer	1920
Edgar Camps Out Short Film		Writing	Writer	1920
Edgar, the Detective Short Film		Writing	Writer	1921
Edgar's Country Cousin Short Film		Writing	Writer	1921
The Magnificent Ambersons Movie	5.7	Writing	Novel	2001
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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