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Margaret Mitchell
American novelist and journalist (1900–1949)
For other people named Margaret Mitchell, see Margaret Mitchell (disambiguation).
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| Born | Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (1900-11-08)November 8, 1900 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | August 16, 1949(1949-08-16) (aged 48) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery |
| Pen name | Peggy Mitchell |
| Occupation | Journalist, novelist |
| Education | Smith College |
| Genre | Romance novel, Historical fiction, epic novel |
| Notable works | Gone with the Wind Lost Laysen |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Novel (1937) National Book Award (1936) |
| Spouse | Berrien Upshaw (m. 1922; div. 1924)John Marsh (m. 1925) |
| Parents | Eugene M. Mitchell Maybelle Stephens |
| Relatives | Annie Fitzgerald Stephens (grandmother) Joseph Mitchell (nephew) Mary Melanie Holliday (cousin) |
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949)[2]
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Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell was the author of Gone With the Wind, one of the most popular books of all time.
The novel was published in 1936 and sold more than a million copies in the first six months, a phenomenal feat considering it was the Great Depression era. More than 30 million copies of this masterpiece, set during the Civil War (1861-65), have been sold worldwide in thirty-eight countries. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Shortly after the book’s publication the movie rights were sold to David O. Selznick for $50,000, the highest amount ever paid for a manuscript up to that time. In 1937 Margaret Mitchell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Early Life and Education
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900, in Atlanta. Her great-great-great-grandfather Thomas Mitchell fought in the American Revolution (1775-83), and his son William Mitchell took part in the War of 1812. Her great-grandfather Isaac Green Mitchell was a circuit-riding Methodist minister who settled in Marthasville, which later was named Atlanta. Mi
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Margaret Mitchell
(1900-1949)
Who Was Margaret Mitchell?
Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist. After a broken ankle immobilized her in 1926, Mitchell started writing a novel that would become Gone With the Wind. Published in 1936, Gone With the Wind made Mitchell an instant celebrity and earned her the Pulitzer Prize. The film version, also lauded far and wide, came out just three years later. More than 30 million copies of Mitchell’s Civil War-era masterpiece have been sold worldwide, and it has been translated into 27 languages. Mitchell was struck by a car and died in 1949, leaving behind Gone With the Wind as her only full length novel.
Early Life
Mitchell was born on November 8, 1900, in Atlanta, Georgia, into an Irish-Catholic family. At an early age, even before she could write, Mitchell loved to make up stories, and she would later write her own adventure books, crafting their covers out of cardboard. She wrote hundreds of books as a child, but her literary endeavors weren’t limited to novels and stories. At the private Woodberry School, Mitchell too
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