Margaret Mitchell
Writer
Name at birth: Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for her first and only novel, Gone With the Wind. The best-selling Civil War romance was published in 1936 and later turned into one of the most famous movies of the era, with Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in the roles of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. The film won the 1939 Academy Award for best picture, plus seven other Oscars.
Extra credit: In 1992 author Alexandra Ripley published Scarlett, a sequel to Gone With the Wind authorized by Mitchell's estate... Mitchell is no relation to fellow writer Joseph Mitchell... Margaret Mitchell should not be confused with Martha Mitchell, the so-called "Mouth of the South" who was the wife of Watergate-era Attorney General John Mitchell.
Ms. Mitchell appears with James Dean in our loop Death by Car.
Four Good Links
Margaret Mitchell House
Official site of her house and museum; nice bio and timeline of her life
Margaret Mitchell
Good basic biography of the author, all the way from Finland
Margaret Mitchell
A much longer biography, transcribed online and broken up into bite-size chunks
Tara, Home of Scarlett O'Hara
Colorful fan page for Mitchell's famous book
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
16 August 1949
(traffic accident, age 48)
Best Known As
The author of Gone With the Wind
