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Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis is an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer in the United States to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, awarded "for vivid and visual depiction as well as for creativity, witty and humorous, but New character type ". His writings are known for his critical views on American capitalism and the materialism between the wars. He is also respected for the strong characteristics of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him: “[If] there had ever been a novelist among us with a genuine appeal to trade ... it was the red-haired tornado of the Minnesota desert.
BornHarry Sinclair Lewis, February 7, 1885, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
DiedJanuary 10, 1951, Rome, Italy
OccupationNovelist, playwright, short story writer
Alma materYale University
Notable worksMain Street, Babbitt, Arrowsmith
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature, 1930
SpouseGrace Livingston Hegger (1914–1925) (divorced), Dorothy Thompson (1928–1942) (divorced)
Children2

About Sinclair Lewis

Novelist Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States on February 7, 1885. He dies at the age of 65, on January 10, 1951.

He is most known for his 1920 novel Main Street, which tackled the themes of materialism and capitalism in America. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his 1925 novel Arrowsmith, which he turned down. The book was later transformed into an Academy Award-nominated picture.

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Sinclair Lewis before becoming famous

Sinclair Lewis was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1885 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

He tried unsuccessfully to run away from home at the age of thirteen and join the Spanish-American War as a drummer boy. In 1908, he graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree.

Achievement of Sinclair Lewis

He was the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he received in 1930.

Sinclair Lewis's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1914, he married Grace Livingston Hegger, the editor of Vogue magazine. Wells, the couple's son, perished in combat during WWII. Lewis had another son, Michael, with his second wife, journalist Journalist Dorothy Thompson.

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Novelist John Steinbeck, a well-known American author, was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Sinclair Lewis Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Sinclair Lewis updated on March 11 2023.