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- Birth nameMarjorie Kinnan
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born on August 8, 1896 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer, known for The Yearling (1946), Cross Creek (1983) and Gal Young Un (1979). She was married to Norton Baskin and Charles Alfred Rawlings Jr.. She died on December 14, 1953 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
- SpousesNorton Baskin(October 27, 1941 - December 14, 1953) (her death)Charles Alfred Rawlings Jr.(May 3, 1919 - October 27, 1933) (divorced)
- ParentsArthur Frank KinnanIda May Traphagan
- RelativesArthur Houston Kinnan(Sibling)
- Insisted that her middle name, Kinnan, was a "good Scottish name" that should be accented on the last syllable. She gave up after years of correcting others' mispronunciations, and today it is invariably pronounced KINnan!
- Buried in Antioch Cemetery in Island Grove, near Ocala, Florida.
- Pictured on a 41¢ USA commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 21 February 2008.
- Graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1918.
- Wrote the newspaper column "Songs Of A Housewife" in verse for a Gannett newspaper.
- A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.
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