Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Florida’s Pulitzer Prize-winning author, was born in Washington, D.C., on this date in 1896. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 for her best-selling novel, “The Yearling.” Rawlings lived in Cross Creek, Florida, where she wrote six novels, a volume of short stories, and a collection of essays. In 2008 the United States Postal Service added the twenty-fourth collectible postage stamp to its Literary Arts series of commemorative stamps with their release of the 41-cent first-class Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings stamp. Rawlings was a longtime member of the Florida Historical Society, speaking at Annual Meetings and even serving on the Board of Directors for a short time.
~ Florida Historical Society
