The Resume

(July 29, 1869-May 19, 1946)
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Birth name was Newton Booth Tarkington
Wrote 'Monsieur Beaucaire' (1900), 'Penrod' (1914), 'The Turmoil' (1915), 'Seventeen' (1916), 'The Magnificent Ambersons' (1919) and 'Alice Adams' (1921)
Served in the Indiana State House of Representatives (1902-03)

Why he might be annoying:

He attended both Purdue and Princeton without graduating from either one.
Critics called his novels 'incurably sentimental.'
He called writing, 'A very painful job. Much worse than having measles.'

Why he might not be annoying:

With William Faulkner and John Updike, he is one of only three authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
He sold over five million novels in the pre-paperback era.
His only child, Laurel, died at age 17 (1923).
He went blind, but continued producing books by dictating to a secretary.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 34]
• College Drop Outs
• I am a Hoosier [Indiana]
• I Attended Phillips Exeter Academy [New Hampshire]
• I Attended Princeton
• I Attended Purdue University
• I Died in 1946 (Ranked: 76)
• I Died in the City I Was Born In
• I Outlived My Child
• I Sought Political Office
• I'm Buried at Crown Hill Cemetary [Indianapolis]
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me and My Pet
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 100)
• Profiles 30751-31000 (Ranked: 30794)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1915)
• Publisher Weekly's Best-Selling Novel of the Year (Ranked: 1916)
• Sigma Chi Fraternity
• Visually Impaired

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 26 Votes: 15.38% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying