Ernest Poole was a prolific author born in Chicago, IL on January 23, 1880. He is best known for his works The Harbor (1915) and His Family (1917), the latter of which won him the Pulitzer Prize. His writing was often pro-socialist in nature.
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💰 Net worth: $16 Million (2024)
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.