Seventy-six years ago today, on August 16, 1949 (July 22, 1949), Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone With the Wind, died in a car accident. On August 16, 1949, Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone With the Wind, died in a car accident. With only 10 days left until Christmas 1939, the film "Gone With the Wind" finally met the audience. The premiere was held in Atlanta, the hometown of "Gone With the Wind", and the whole United States was attracted to it. When producer Selznick, big star Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable and others arrived in Atlanta, there were thousands of people from the airport to the hotel, and confetti all the way, and the Civil War song "South, South" echoed over this young and old-fashioned city... In front of the Lowy Theater in Atlanta, the people waiting here had been waiting for a whole day. Admission to the premiere is very rare, and ordinary people are very honored to be able to meet the actors of Scarlett Hao and Rhett here and now, not to mention that they will also wait for their Margaret Mitchell, the original author of "Gone With the Wind" - the pride of Atlanta. The black limousine drove from the police car to the brightly lit square in front of the theater, and Margaret, accompanied by the mayor, came to the microphone. The host's introduction was covered by a deafening sound, and when Margaret Mitchell disappeared into the doorway, the crowd broke out with thunderous cheers. Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta on November 8, 1900. Her father was a small, stable and conservative old man. Her mother was small and lean, full of energy, Catholic, and a fighter for women's rights. Margaret grew up in a group of boys. She loved horseback riding, dreaming, and not wearing red makeup. Because the adults around especially love to talk about the stories that took place during the Civil War, that wonderful and touching memory nourishes the soul of little Margaret. The mother hopes that her daughter will make achievements in the field of science, but Margaret is dreaming of literature. She is full of fantasies, a belly of stories, from quietly writing diaries to secretly writing novels, the desire to create is always in her mind, and she writes and loses confidence in her own talents... In 1918, the clouds of war over Europe fluttered across the sea and shrouded the land of America. A group of hot-blooded men set foot on the battlefield of life and death, including Margaret's brother and fiancé. In September of that year, Margaret Mitchell, a newcomer to Smith College, learned that her fiancé had died on the German battlefield at the age of 18, and she had already experienced the taste of life and death. As if this were not enough, God had to add to the pain in her heart. In early 1919, a flu took her mother's life, and Margaret didn't even have time to say goodbye to her mother. Her father was in a mess in the face of sudden disaster; his brother couldn't afford the family for a while. Margaret, who had no intention of studying, left school. After losing her mother, Margaret was like a runaway horse, doing whatever she wanted, ignoring social customs and morals, and making the whole Atlanta high society look at her. It was at this time that she met the unruly and dashing liquor dealer Red Upshaw. Amid the opposition of relatives and friends, Margaret Mitchell married Upshaw on September 2, 1922. Shortly after the honeymoon, a rift had already appeared between the newlyweds. Upshaw is a Rhett-like character, and it can be said that the prototype of Rhett came from Upshaw. He did a series of heartbreaking things and abandoned her shortly after the wedding... After Upshaw left, his friend John Marsh gave Margaret a lot of care and help. Marsh had fallen in love with her before she married, and admired her talent. With Marsh's help and encouragement, Margaret became a newspaper reporter. She did a great job and did a great job. She hung herself out of a 200-foot building window to get a sense of what it was like to work in the sky; she spent weeks in the library to paint the image of five heroic generals in Georgia with a pen in her hand... Her colorful pen depicted the heroes vividly, and it was then that she had the idea to write about the amazing women behind the heroic men of the war. Margaret Mitchell married John Marsh on July 4, 1925. Shortly after their marriage, she left the newspaper. John did everything he could to make her face up to her talent, and he encouraged her to start writing novels. Margaret started writing and put it down several times, sometimes full of passion, sometimes lack of confidence. Beginning in 1926. Written on and off for nine years. More than 200 pages of manuscript paper were packed in large pockets, not forming, let alone getting the manuscript ready. In 1935, the editor-in-chief and vice president of a major New York publishing house came to Atlanta, he met Margaret Mitchell, and finally got the pile of unfinished manuscripts. After nearly a year of joint efforts, Gone With the Wind finally met its readers. Margaret herself did not expect that the praise would be overwhelming, the number of domestic and overseas impressions would increase sharply, and overnight, she would become a hero. How could Hollywood let go of such a "greatest American novel to date"? Then came the arduous journey from childhood to film. Copyright ownership, screenplay adaptation, producers, actors, directors... a whole three years of tossing. Finally, the film named "Gone With the Wind" met the audience, and the whole United States, and even the whole world, was a sensation. Margaret Mitchell was once again in the spotlight of the world. "Gone With the Wind" has become an undisputed classic in the history of 100 years of film, and the novel "Gone with the Wind" also has a place in the literary world. However, Margaret Mitchell's life has gradually gone from glory to peace, which is what she wants, and what she doesn't want. On the night of August 11, 1949, on the way to the movies, an accident knocked Margaret Mitchell to the ground. She lost a lot of blood and was unconscious. The doctors tried their best to save her, but she was still powerless... A legendary woman ended her extraordinary life like this. She did not leave a son and a half to the world, but the world left a touching novel and an immortal film masterpiece because of her. Margaret Mitchell lies unconscious on the sidewalk with fatal injuries outside Margaret Mitchell's former home in Atlanta