Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell was an American author best known for her novel Gone with the Wind, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. She also wrote a lesser-known novella called Lost Laysen.

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Birth Name :

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell

Profession :

Novelist

Birthday :

November 8, 1900

Star Sign :

Scorpio

Death Date:

August 16, 1949

Age :

48

Birthplace :

Atlanta, Georgia

Margaret Mitchell, an American novelist, is best known for her epic novel “Gone with the Wind,” set against the backdrop of the American Civil War. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 for this work, which has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. Born in 1900 into a wealthy and politically prominent Atlanta, Georgia family, Mitchell was a passionate animal lover and advocate for mistreated or neglected animals. In addition to “Gone with the Wind,” she wrote a novella titled “Lost Laysen” in 1916, which was published posthumously and remained unknown to the world until nearly 50 years after her death.