Booth Tarkington

About Booth Tarkington

Birth Day: July 29, 1869
Birth Place: Indianapolis, IN
Birth Sign: Leo

Booth Tarkington Net Worth

Booth Tarkington net worth and salary: Booth Tarkington is a Novelist who has a net worth of $9 Million. Booth Tarkington was born in Indianapolis, in July 29, 1869. A Pulitzer Prize-winner and one of the most popular novelists of his time, he wrote The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. His other works include Clarence: A Comedy in Four Acts (play) and Penrod Jashber (short stories).
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💰Booth Tarkington Net worth: $9 Million

About

A Pulitzer Prize-winner and one of the most popular novelists of his time, he wrote The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams. His other works include Clarence: A Comedy in Four Acts (play) and Penrod Jashber (short stories).

Before Fame

He briefly attended Purdue University and went on to study at Princeton. In the early 1900s, he served in the Indiana House of Representatives.

Trivia

His best-known work, Alice Adams-- the tale of a lower-middle-class woman's struggle to find a suitable husband-- won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922.

Family Life

He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was a distant relative of Chicago Mayor James Hutchinson Woodworth.

Associated With

He was the third writer, after William Faulkner and John Updike, to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.