Margaret Mitchell is best known as the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gone with the Wind which was published in 1936. The book sold more than 28 million copies. The film adaptation (1939) was the highest-grossing film with a record-breaking number of Academy Awards.
Margaret Mitchell Personal Timeline
November 08, 1900: Born
1918: Entered Smith College
1919: Mother Maybelle Mitchell died
1920: Society debut
1922: Married bootlegger Red Upshaw
1924: Divorced Red Upshaw
1925: Married John Marsh
1937: Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Gone with the Wind
1939: Film version of Gone with the Wind released
August 16, 1949: Died
Margaret Mitchell Publications Timeline
1936: Gone With The Wind
1996: Lost Laysen
2000: Before Scarlett: Girlhood Writings of Margaret Mitchell
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Fast Facts
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Born
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Birth Name
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, nicknamed Peggy
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Father was a historian
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Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937
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Worked as a volunteer with The Red Cross during World War II
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"Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was." -Margaret Mitchell
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Died
August 16, 1949, five days after being struck by a car
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Buried at Oakland Cemetary in Atlanta, Georgia
