Margaret Ayer Barnes(1886-1967)

Writer

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Margaret Ayer Barnes was born on 16 June 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Margaret Ayer was a writer, known for Westward Passage (1932), The Age of Innocence (1934) and La femme déshonorée (1947). Margaret Ayer died on 25 October 1967 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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Laurence Olivier and Ann Harding in Westward Passage (1932)

Westward Passage

5.4

Writer

1932

Irene Dunne and John Boles in The Age of Innocence (1934)

The Age of Innocence

6.2

Writer

1934

Hedy Lamarr in La femme déshonorée (1947)

La femme déshonorée

6.4

Writer

1947

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

7.2

TV Series

Writer

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Writer

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
7.2
TV Series
- novel
- 1952
La femme déshonorée
6.4
- play
- 1947
The Age of Innocence
6.2
- play
- 1934
Westward Passage
5.4
- story
- 1932

Personal details

Born
- June 16, 1886
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
- October 25, 1967
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Other works
Novel: "Years of Grace" (filmed as Years of Grace (1952))

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At age 40 she broke her back in a traffic accident. She took up writing as a way to occupy her time. Between 1926 and 1930 she wrote several short stories and three plays, including an adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel "The Age of Innocence". In 1931 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, "Years of Grace".

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