Writing
Booth Tarkington
EN, ES, XX cinema · 63 credits
Born
29 July 1869
Died
19 May 1946 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also known as Newton Booth Tarkington
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.
Known for
Filmography
Clarence
Theatre Play
Penrod and Sam
Story, Novel
Cameo Kirby
Theatre Play
The River of Romance
Original Story
Geraldine
Original Story
Mister Antonio
Theatre Play
The Fighting Coward
Theatre Play
Cameo Kirby
Original Story
Clarence
Theatre Play
Penrod
Novel
Edgar's Hamlet
Original Story
The Country Cousin
Theatre Play
Cameo Kirby
Original Story
Springtime
1914
Springtime
Original Story
