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Sinclair Lewis

  • Harry Sinclair Lewis
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Lewis, Sinclair
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Person
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Male
Date of birth
1885-02-07
Place of birth
Sauk Centre
Date of death
1951-01-10
Place of death
Roma

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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)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Elmer GantryeBook?2023-01-01
BabbitteBook?2022-03-23
Main StreeteBook?2020-08-04
BabbittPaperback3-499-14024-11976-12
Arrowsmith (Sinclair Lewis)eBook?2021-01-23
Nobelpreis 1929-1930: Mann / LewisHardcover??
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Goodreads Author ID
7330
ISNI
0000 0001 2128 7715
LibraryThing Author
lewissinclair
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL19493A
VIAF
39380311
Wikidata ID
Q123469

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