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'Margaret Ayer Barnes' (b. April 8, 1886, Chicago, Illinois; d. October 25 1967, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.
She was educated at Bryn Mawr College, where she earned an A.B. degree in 1907. She married Cecil Barnes in 1910. In 1926, at age 40, she broke her back in a traffic accident, and, with the encouragement of friend and playwright Edward Sheldon, took up writing as a way to occupy her time. Between 1926 and 1930 she wrote several short stories and three plays, including an adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel ''The Age of Innocence''. In 1931 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, ''Years of Grace''.
A 1936 lawsuit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for copyright infringement claimed that the script MGM used for the motion picture ''Letty Lynton'' (1932) plagiarized material from the play ''Dishonored Lady'' by Edward Sheldon and Barnes. The film is still unavailable today because of this lawsuit.
Her older sister, Janet Ayer Fairbank, was also a notable writer, and her niece Janet Fairbank (1903-1947) was a well-known operatic singer.
★ ''The Age of Innocence'', a dramatization of Edith Wharton's novel of the same name (produced 1928), made into a 1934 motion picture of the same name.
★ ''Jenny'', a play, with Edward Sheldon (1929).
★ ''Dishonored Lady'', a play, also with Sheldon (1930), made into a 1947 motion picture of the same name (aka ''Sins of Madeleine'') starring Hedy Lamarr and released by United Artists.
★ ''Prevailing Winds'', short stories (1928).
★ ''Years of Grace'', a novel (1930), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
★ ''Westward Passage'', a novel (1931), made into a 1932 motion picture of the same name.
★ ''Within This Present'', a novel (1933).
★ ''Edna, His Wife'', a novel (1935), later adapted into a play of the same name by Cornelia Otis Skinner.
★ ''Wisdom's Gate'', a novel (1938).
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★ Margaret Ayer Barnes collection at Bryn Mawr College library
★ Photos of first edition of ''Years of Grace''
She was educated at Bryn Mawr College, where she earned an A.B. degree in 1907. She married Cecil Barnes in 1910. In 1926, at age 40, she broke her back in a traffic accident, and, with the encouragement of friend and playwright Edward Sheldon, took up writing as a way to occupy her time. Between 1926 and 1930 she wrote several short stories and three plays, including an adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel ''The Age of Innocence''. In 1931 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her first novel, ''Years of Grace''.
A 1936 lawsuit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for copyright infringement claimed that the script MGM used for the motion picture ''Letty Lynton'' (1932) plagiarized material from the play ''Dishonored Lady'' by Edward Sheldon and Barnes. The film is still unavailable today because of this lawsuit.
Her older sister, Janet Ayer Fairbank, was also a notable writer, and her niece Janet Fairbank (1903-1947) was a well-known operatic singer.
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Works
★ ''The Age of Innocence'', a dramatization of Edith Wharton's novel of the same name (produced 1928), made into a 1934 motion picture of the same name.
★ ''Jenny'', a play, with Edward Sheldon (1929).
★ ''Dishonored Lady'', a play, also with Sheldon (1930), made into a 1947 motion picture of the same name (aka ''Sins of Madeleine'') starring Hedy Lamarr and released by United Artists.
★ ''Prevailing Winds'', short stories (1928).
★ ''Years of Grace'', a novel (1930), for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
★ ''Westward Passage'', a novel (1931), made into a 1932 motion picture of the same name.
★ ''Within This Present'', a novel (1933).
★ ''Edna, His Wife'', a novel (1935), later adapted into a play of the same name by Cornelia Otis Skinner.
★ ''Wisdom's Gate'', a novel (1938).
External links
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★ Margaret Ayer Barnes collection at Bryn Mawr College library
★ Photos of first edition of ''Years of Grace''
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