Which novelist lived longer, Booth Tarkington or Theodore Dreiser?
Theodore Dreiser Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser ( ; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Dreiser's best known novels include "Sister Carrie" (1900) and "An American Tragedy" (1925). In 1930 he was nominated to the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Magnificent Ambersons The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. It was the second novel in his "Growth" trilogy, which included "The Turmoil" (1915) and "The Midlander" (1923, retitled "National Avenue" in 1927). In 1925 the novel was first adapted for film under the title "Pampered Youth". In 1942 Orson Welles wrote and directed an acclaimed film adaptation of the book. Welles's original screenplay was the basis of a 2002 TV movie produced by the A&E Network.