Margaret Mitchell

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An American writer who wrote Gone with the Wind

proper noun
/ˈmɑːrɡərɪt ˈmɪtʃəl/

: Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell's novel 'Gone with the Wind' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937.

Examples

Margaret Mitchell's novel 'Gone with the Wind' is a powerful exploration of life in the South during the Civil War.
The city of Atlanta is proud to claim Margaret Mitchell as one of its most famous residents.
Many scholars have studied the impact of Margaret Mitchell on American literature.
Margaret Mitchell was a talented author.
I just finished reading Margaret Mitchell's classic novel.
Many literature courses include Margaret Mitchell's work to discuss themes of love and conflict.
Atlanta honors Margaret Mitchell with a museum dedicated to her life and writings.

Surface Forms

Margaret Mitchell main

Morphology

Margaret + Mitchell

This is a referential proper name composed of two personal names; knowing the words 'Margaret' and 'Mitchell' does not allow a learner to infer that the phrase denotes a specific American novelist or the biographical details given. Identification of this MWE requires encyclopedic/biographical knowledge rather than compositional word-meaning combination, so it is not derivable by a B1 learner from the constituents alone.

Etymology

Margaret Mitchell was an American writer who used stories and memories from her life in Atlanta and the old South to write the long novel 'Gone with the Wind'. That book became a huge success and is why her name is known as the author of that famous Civil War story.