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English
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Berrien Kinnard Upshaw (1922-1924), John Robert Marsh (1925)
Parents
Eugene Mitchell, Maybelle Stephens Mitchell
Residences
Margaret Mitchell House & Museum
Education
Smith College, The Westminster Schools
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♏ Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac
鼠 Rat
Name Origin
English < Ancient Greek (μαργαρίτης)
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Margaret Mitchell: American author and journalist (1900–1949).
Born in Atlanta (died at age 48).
3 awards including Georgia Women of Achievement.
Margaret Mitchell has 2 credits in our database.
Studied at Smith College.
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Biography
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Long after her death, a collection of Mitchell's girlhood writings and a novella she wrote as a teenager, titled Lost Laysen, were published. A collection of newspaper articles written by Mitchell for The Atlanta Journal was republished in book form.
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How old was Margaret Mitchell?
Margaret Mitchell was born on and passed away on at the age of 48.
Where was Margaret Mitchell born?
Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta.
What movies or shows has Margaret Mitchell been in?
Margaret Mitchell has 2 credits in our database. Notable titles include The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988), Gone with the Wind (1939).
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