▁rub bed ▁shoulders ▁with ▁the ▁great ▁and ▁the ▁good ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁society : ▁André ▁G ide , ▁Jean ▁Co ct eau , ▁and ▁Paul ▁Bour get . ▁During ▁the ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁she ▁did ▁not ▁put ▁her ▁career ▁aside : ▁indeed , ▁Ed ith ▁Wh art on ▁founded ▁the ▁American ▁Host els ▁for ▁Ref uge es , ▁collected ▁don ations ▁and ▁visited ▁the ▁front ▁hosp it als , ▁as ▁she ▁wrote ▁the ▁account ▁of ▁her ▁vis its ▁in ▁Fight ing ▁France : ▁from ▁D unker que ▁to ▁B elf ort . ▁ ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁Wh art on ’ s ▁career ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁with ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁The ▁Age ▁of ▁In noc ence , ▁allowing ▁her ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁Pul itzer ▁Prize , ▁and ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁receive ▁it . ▁The ▁same ▁year , ▁her ▁dear est ▁friend ▁Walter ▁Ber ry ▁died , ▁pl ung ing ▁her ▁into ▁a ▁deep ▁sorrow . ▁As ▁a ▁t ribute , ▁she ▁started ▁writing ▁The ▁Children , ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁considered ▁as ▁her ▁major ▁best - s eller . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁first ▁heart ▁attack ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁Ed ith ▁Wh art on ▁was ▁transport ed ▁to ▁Pav illon ▁Colomb es ▁two ▁years ▁later , ▁where ▁she ▁died ▁in ▁August ▁the ▁ 1 1 th . ▁▁ ▁She ▁is ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁c emetery ▁of ▁Vers a illes ▁alongside ▁Walter ▁Ber ry . ▁ ▁Sum mary ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of