What are the contributions of Pearl S. Buck to American literature?

Pearl S. Buck was a great writer who was ‘absorbed in the wonder of earth’. Fittingly her greatest work was ‘The Good Earth’. This novel tells the tale of a poor Chinese peasant and his love for the earth. It was an American bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize.

Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, but she spent her youth in China. She raised her voice for the children of American fathers and Asian mothers, who were often abandoned. She also took an active interest in mentally retarded children; her own daughter was mentally retarded. She won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1938.