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Sinclair Lewis
AuthorBooks · Second hand1885-1951
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States 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).
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About Sinclair Lewis
Birth
1885
Death
1951
First book
1922
Years writing
104
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States 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).
Sinclair Lewis was the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Born in Sauk Centre, his works sharply explore the society and culture of the United States.
Beyond being a novelist, he excelled as a playwright and journalist, showing great literary versatility.
He published some of his work under the pseudonym Tom Graham.
His legacy includes over two hundred works that portray life in the 20th century.
