In the late Qing Dynasty, many Western missionaries preached in China, and their children were born and lived in China. For example, Si Tuleideng, the American ambassador to China during the Liberation War, was born in China and Pearl Buck was born in the United States, but she was brought to China by her parents as a missionary when she was four months old. Pearl S. Buck has lived in China for more than 40 years, and Zhenjiang is the place that has the greatest influence on her. She spent 18 years here, learned Chinese, learned the customs of China, and called it her hometown.
Interestingly, although Pearl Buck grew up in China, although she was an American, she didn't speak English at first, and it was not until later that her parents taught her to speak English. /kloc-When the Boxer Rebellion broke out in 0/900, foreigners fled China in succession, and Pearl Buck was no exception. But two years later, she returned to China again, from which we can see her feelings for China. 192 1 year, she became a teacher of Jinling university founded by the American church, and she was good friends with many celebrities in China literary and art circles at that time, such as Xu Zhimo, Mei Lanfang, Hu Shi and Lao She. Pearl Buck also began to try to write. Although Pearl Buck married an American agronomist in China, she has a crush on Xu Zhimo.
Many of Pearl Buck's works have attracted attention. Although she is an American, she has a profound understanding of farmers in China. 193 1 year, her novel The Good Earth was published in the United States, which immediately caused a sensation. She also won the Nobel Prize in Literature for this novel and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction the following year, becoming the only female writer who won both Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize. His works are of far-reaching significance and show the world a real China. These works have been translated into dozens of languages and are still the most popular American writers. Her influence is evident!
Being able to write China's story so profoundly and be recognized by most people all over the world, Pearl Buck did what China writers failed to do. However, China writers don't like her. For example, Lu Xun once criticized her for being superficial, but Pearl Buck didn't care about these criticisms. After the founding of New China, Pearl Buck's books were listed as "banned books" by the US government because of their close relationship with China! Pearl S. Buck missed China very much when she returned to the United States, but due to the tension between the two countries, she could not return to China. 1972 During President Nixon's visit to China, Pearl Buck asked the American government to let her go back to China, but she was rejected. The next year, Pearl Buck died of illness in the United States, and she never returned to her hometown until her death.