Ernest Poole was born on January 23, 1880 in Chicago, IL. The author of the widely acclaimed, pro-socialist novel, The Harbor (1915), he also wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning work, His Family (1917).
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About
The author of the widely acclaimed, pro-socialist novel, The Harbor (1915), he also wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning work, His Family (1917).
Before Fame
After graduating from Princeton University, he became a prominent Journalist. His socially-themed articles argued for an end to child labor.
Trivia
Many critics considered his Pulitzer Prize (awarded for His Family) to have actually been awarded for The Harbor, which was published before the Pulitzer Prize existed.
Family Life
He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He died in New York City in 1950.
Associated With
He and John Steinbeck were both recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Steinbeck's pro-socialist novel The Grapes of Wrath won the prestigious honor.
