Sinclair Lewis
- Harry Sinclair Lewis
- Sort Name
- Lewis, Sinclair
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1885-02-07
- Place of birth
- Sauk Centre
- Date of death
- 1951-01-10
- Place of death
- Roma
Wikipedia
Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
Several of his notable works were critical of American capitalism and materialism during the interwar period. Lewis is respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade ... it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds."
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American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Last modified: 2020-08-02 (revision #17255)
Editions
Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
---|---|---|---|
Elmer Gantry | eBook | ? | 2023-01-01 |
Babbitt | eBook | ? | 2022-03-23 |
Main Street | eBook | ? | 2020-08-04 |
Babbitt | Paperback | 3-499-14024-1 | 1976-12 |
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis) | eBook | ? | 2021-01-23 |
Nobelpreis 1929-1930: Mann / Lewis | Hardcover | ? | ? |
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- Sinclair Lewis wrote Elmer Gantry
- Sinclair Lewis wrote Arrowsmith
- Sinclair Lewis is the subject of Leben und Werk von Sinclair Lewis
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- 2024-09-07