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Amanda Patterson
- PublicHappy Birthday, Edith Wharton, born 24 January 1862, died 11 August 1937
Edith Wharton was born into a world that discouraged women from achieving anything beyond marriage. Author of The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, and The House of Mirth, she wrote more than 40 books in 40 years. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate from Yale University, and full membership in the Academy of Arts and Letters. She was also a master builder and gardener.
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Edith Wharton was born into a world that discouraged women from achieving anything beyond marriage. Author of The Age of Innocence, Ethan Frome, and The House of Mirth, she wrote more than 40 books in 40 years. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, an honorary Doctorate from Yale University, and full membership in the Academy of Arts and Letters. She was also a master builder and gardener.
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Writer. CEO. Trustee. Founder.
Introduction
Writers Write
Writer. Muse. Plain Language Expert. CEO. Trustee. Memoirist. Teacher. Reader. Founder. Widow. Mother. Daughter.
Birthday: 1 November
I live in South Africa
Writer. Muse. Plain Language Expert. CEO. Trustee. Memoirist. Teacher. Reader. Founder. Widow. Mother. Daughter.
Birthday: 1 November
I live in South Africa
Bragging rights
Can exist on books, cupcakes, coffee and dark chocolate. But seriously...Nominations: Woman of the Year (2006 & 2010), Most Influential Woman in Business & Government (2010), Mondi Awards (various), Feather Awards (2011) - all in South Africa
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Writer - Words inform. Words perform. Words transform. ~Amanda Patterson
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- Writers WriteCEO, present
- The Write FoundationFounder & Trustee, 2012
- The Plain Language ProgrammeAuthor, 2012
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