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  Stories on Sinclair Lewis
Lewis wrote the books were a payment for the debt he owed the library for providing him with so much entertainment and knowledge while he was growing up.
Lewis found himself in the position of the best-selling writer scorned by the literati because of the suspicion that any book that is popular must be artistically defective," said James Lundquist in his book on Lewis.
The presenters agreed Lewis was the leading chronicler the jazz age and the social change that was occurring during the roaring twenties.
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Sinclair Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Harry Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota in 1885 and was educated at Yale University.
Lewis satirized the hypocrisy, greed, and egotism of doctors and medical scientists while recognizing the dedication of individuals such as Martin who manage to retain their enthusiasm for science and their sympathy for their patients.
Lewis, in his acceptance speech, countered by decrying the “American fear of literature” which caused readers and reviewers to gravitate toward writing that did not raise serious moral and ethical questions.
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 Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Lewis, (Harry) Sinclair
US satirical novelist who was the first US writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1930.
With the appearance of Main Street (1920), Lewis was recognized as a new force in US literature, a satirist of the first order who saw his country with clear eyes.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, a prairie village in the heart of Minnesota, as the third son of a country doctor.
Lewis started to write and keep a diary in his youth; he produced romantic poetry, and stories about knights and fair ladies.
Lewis died of the effects of advanced alcoholism on January 10, 1951, in Rome.
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 Sinclair Lewis Biography
Although Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) was the most celebrated American literary figure of the 1920s, his popular, mildly satirical novels today are valued mainly for their sociohistorical relevance.
Sinclair Lewis Born February 7, 1885 (Sauk Centre, Minnesota) Died January 10, 1951 (Rome, Italy) Novelist Sinclair Lewis may have been the most popular novelist of the Roaring Twenties.
Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
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 Lewis, Sinclair. 1922. Babbitt
A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets.
The novel behind the name, Babbitt is Sinclair Lewis’s classic commentary on middle-class society.
George Follanbee Babbitt has acquired everything required to fit neatly into the mold of social expectation—except total comfort with it.
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 Sinclair Lewis Biography and List of Works - Sinclair Lewis Books
Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 - January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright.
In 1930, Sinclair Lewis became the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Lewis was innovative for giving strong characterization to modern working women and his concern with race.
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 Sinclair Lewis - Autobiography
Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) continued to be a prolific writer, but none of his later writings equalled the success or stature of his chiefworks of the twenties.
After his divorce from his second wife in 1942, Sinclair Lewis lived chiefly in Europe.
From Main Street to Stockholm: Letters of Sinclair Lewis 1919-1930 was published in 1952, one year after his death in Rome.
nobelprize.org /nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1930/lewis-autobio.html   (1003 words)

  
 Sinclair Lewis Collection at Bartleby.com
There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers—most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
Probably the greatest satirist of his era, Lewis wrote novels that present a devastating picture of middle-class American life in the 1920s.…; With the publication of Main Street (1920), a merciless satire on life in a Midwestern small town, Lewis immediately became an important literary figure.
His next novel, Babbitt (1922), considered by many critics to be his greatest work, is a portrait of an average American businessman, a Republican and a Rotarian, whose individuality has been erased by conformist values.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
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 Sinclair Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885–January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright.
In 1930 he became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Project Gutenberg e-texts of some of Sinclair Lewis' works (http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/search?amode=startandauthor=Lewis,%20Sinclair)
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 Sinclair
Länken ovan går till ett uttalande som Upton Sinclair gjort i oktober 1934.
En hjälte i i Upton Sinclairs anda, som bl.a.
Böcker av dessa båda Sinclair´s finns att köpa i antikvariaten.
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 What I drew this week:
Journalist, humanitarian, Nazi-baiter and the second wife of Sinclair Lewis, I've just finished reading Vincent Sheehan's 'Dorothy and Red' a beautifully written account of their troubled marriage.
Sinclair Lewis has been my bus stop and lunchbreak companion all winter, so here's to him on this day, the 123rd anniversary of his birth in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
But my Sinclair Lewis pick for Election Year has to be It Can’t Happen Here.
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