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Actor, Book Author Born: November 8, 1900 in Atlanta, GA Death: August 16, 1949 in Atlanta, GA Biography:Margaret Mitchell was the most successful historical novelist of the mid-20th century, though her work was confined to a single book. That book, Gone With the Wind, was simply the most talked about novel in American popular culture from a time predating its actual publication, and its screen adaptation was the biggest "event" movie of the 20th century. Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was born in Atlanta, GA, in 1900, the daughter of attorney Eugene Muse Mitchell and the former May Belle Stephens. She attended the Washington Seminary, a finishing school, and also studied at Smith College, but her mother's death from influenza in the 1918-1919 epidemic made it impossible for her to complete a degree. The latter was no great loss for Mitchell, as much of her education was self-directed, in any case, and she had never excelled in the earning of grades or the taking of tests. She had an insatiable appetite for... Full Biography
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