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Sinclair Lewis

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…

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Education
Yale University (BA)
Born
Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-02-07)February 7, 1885 Sauk Centre, Minnesota, U.S.
Children
2
Died
January 10, 1951(1951-01-10) (aged 65) Rome, Italy
Notable awards
Nobel Prize in Literature (1930)
Notable works
Main Street (1920) · Babbitt (1922) · Arrowsmith (1925) · Elmer Gantry (1927) · Dodsworth (1929)

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Notable works · 6
Sinclair Lewis → Arrowsmith (1925), Babbitt (1922), Dodsworth (1929), Elmer Gantry (1927), It Can't Happen Here (1935), Main Street (1920)
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Sinclair Lewis → Novelist, playwright, short-story writer
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Spouses · 2
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Children · 1
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Sinclair LewisNotable worksMain Street (1920)1.00infobox
Sinclair LewisNotable worksBabbitt (1922)1.00infobox
Sinclair LewisNotable worksArrowsmith (1925)1.00infobox
Sinclair LewisNotable worksElmer Gantry (1927)1.00infobox
Sinclair LewisNotable worksDodsworth (1929)1.00infobox
Sinclair LewisNotable worksIt Can't Happen Here (1935)1.00infobox
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Sinclair LewisOccupationsplaywright1.00infobox
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Sinclair LewisSpousesDorothy Thompson ​ ​(m. 1928; div. 1942)​1.00infobox

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