Birth Name: Edith Wharton
Occupation: Novelist
Place Of Birth: New York City
Date Of Birth: January 24, 1862
Date Of Death: August 11, 1937
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Edith Wharton was born on the 24th of January, 1862. She was famous for being a Novelist. American novelist whose best known works include The Age of Innocence (1920), Ethan Frome (1911), and The House of Mirth (1905). Her popular novels, known for their dramatic irony, earned her the Pulitzer Prize and multiple Nobel Prize nominations.
Edith Wharton was born in New York City. She was a successful garden and interior designer. Her first published work, in fact, was an 1897 book called The Decoration of Houses. She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Edith Wharton was a Aquarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Edith Wharton was born in 1860s.
Edith Wharton is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Edith Wharton was born in the Year of the Dog.
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| REAL NAME: | Edith Wharton |
| NICKNAME: | Edith Wharton |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aquarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Friday |
| DEATH DAY: | Wednesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Edith Wharton was a Aquarius. People of this zodiac sign like to have fun with friends, help others, fight for causes, are a good listener and dislike broken promises, being bored, and people who disagree with them. The strengths of this sign are being independent, original, while the weaknesses can be running from emotional expression, temperamental and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Aquarius is Leo and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Edith Wharton was born in the Year of the Rabbit. People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes.
Ruling Planet: Edith Wharton had a ruling planet of Uranus and has a ruling planet of Uranus. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Neptune and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Edith Wharton’s birth sign is Aquarius and she had a ruling planet of Uranus.
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