Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born in Washington, D.C., known for fiction about rural Florida.
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born on August 8, 1896, in Washington, D.C. She would grow to become an influential writer known for her vivid depictions of life in rural Florida. Her fiction, deeply rooted in the landscapes and communities she found there, would go on to define part of her literary legacy.
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