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Sinclair Lewis ( 7 February 1885 - 10 January 1951 ), American writer, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1930); second husband of Dorothy Thompson . Contents 1 Sourced 2 Books 2.1 It Can't Happen Here (1935) 2.2 The Job (1917)...


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Name: Harry Sinclair Lewis
Birth Date: February 7, 1885
Death Date: January 10, 1951
Place of Birth: Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
Place of Death: Rome, Italy
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Harry Sinclair Lewis
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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. In his best work Sinclair Lewis wrote with...
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Biography of Harry Sinclair Lewis
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The career of Sinclair Lewis is impressive in its presumption, range, and achievement. He undertook to reflect in his novels the distresses felt by a generation trying to find its way in a period of change, caught between illusion and reality, puzzled...
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The literary reputation of Sinclair Lewis rests on his best novels, which depict and often penetrate the confusion caused by America's change from a rural to an urban, industrial culture. Lewis's 125 short stories, however, seldom transcend the tastes...


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Lewis, Sinclair (1885-1951) Summary
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Born in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Sinclair Lewis would become one of America's most forceful social critics during the 1920s. After attending Yale, he had held an assortment of editorial and journalistic positions by his mid-twenties,...
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Lewis, Sinclair Summary
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2sinclair Lewis Excerpt from Babbitt Published in 1922 Anative of the midwestern United States, Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) chronicled through novels and short stories the changes brought by the shift from a mainly rural, agricultural society to...
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Lewis, Sinclair Summary
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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. In such best-selling works as Main Street and Babbitt , he...
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Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 — January 10, 1951) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and...


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Denver Rocky Mountain News
A Refresher Course In Sinclair Lewis
01/25/2002: 594 words, approx. 2 pages
00-00-0000 A REFRESHER COURSE IN SINCLAIR LEWIS Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Main Street By Richard Lingeman Random House, 556 pages, $35. Grade: A- He was tall and gaunt with red hair and a face so peeled-pink and...
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The Washington Post
SINCLAIR LEWIS Rebel From Mai ...
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SINCLAIR LEWIS Rebel From Main Street By Richard Lingeman Random House. 659 pp. $35 Sinclair Lewis was a strange, difficult, troubled man who published, in the early 1920s, two of the more important novels in American literature, Main Street and...
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Today in history - July 25
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Today is Wednesday, July 25, the 206th day of 2007. There are 159 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and...
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Edwards takes page from Kennedy's book
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The campaign of presidential hopeful John Edwards has a ready answer for all the criticism about his expensive haircuts and expansive home: A man can be wealthy and care about the poor, too.Just look at a Democratic hero _ Robert F. Kennedy.Edwards, the 2004 vice...
 


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Biography of Sinclair Lewis
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Who is Sinclair Lewis? What does he think of the America in the 1920s? What values did he endorse?
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Sinclair Lewis
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Traces the life of Sinclair Lewis, his works, and all with properly cited quotes from various research vistas.


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