Pearl S. Buck Pearl S. Buck Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973; also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu; ) was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China. Her novel "The Good Earth" was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces". She was the first
Sai Maa distributions to those in need. In 2009 property was purchased at the Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi as the national headquarters for the Trust, and to house the Sathya Sai Maa Moksha Dham Ashram, whose construction began in November 2010. Sai Maa Sai Maa, also known as "Her Holiness Sai Maa" and "Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi", is claimed to be a guru/spiritual master, healer, humanitarian and author. She offers programs throughout North America, Europe and Asia on personal transformation through practical spirituality, self-mastery and energetic healing. In 2007 Sai Maa was honored with the title of Jagadguru ("Guru of the world"),