Sinclair Lewis

American writer and playwright (1885–1951)

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Sinclair Lewis was an American writer and playwright who lived from 1885 to 1951 and is remembered as one of the most important novelists of the early 20th century. He is significant for his satirical novels that critiqued American society and culture, making him a major literary figure of his time.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 7 February 1885
Died: 10 January 1951
Works: 237

Top works

Mr. Wrenn
Free air
Les parents prodigues
A letter from the Queen
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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1935-09-29
Active to: 2022-10-28

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Discography

Jerry Lee Lewis1958
Jerry Lee’s Greatest!1961
Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis1964
Country Songs for City Folks1965
The Return of Rock1965
Memphis Beat1966
Soul My Way1967
Another Place Another Time1968
She Still Comes Around (To Love What’s Left of Me)1969
Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits Vol. 11969

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 182
Total plays: 4,708

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Methods for Dietary Fiber, Neutral Detergent Fiber, and Nonstarch Polysaccharides in Relation to Animal Nutrition
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Grey Wolf Optimizer
· 2014 · cited 17,687x

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Quotes

“Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the National Institute of Arts and Letters some years ago, and now I must decline the Pulitzer Prize.”
“The trouble with this country is... that there're too many people going about saying "The trouble with this country is—"”
“Slow yellow river flowing, willows that gesture in tepid August airs, and four children playing at greatness, as, doubtless, great men themselves must play.”
“Probably none of the Weagles gave five minutes' thought a year to theology or ecclesiology, except Ora, who occasionally stirred up a lot of interesting family irritation by announcing that he was going to become a Catholic, an Episcopalian, a Buddhist, or a Seventh Day Adventist.”
“Myron reflected that there are so many people in the world who are eager to do for you things that you do not wish done, provided only that you will do for them things that you don't wish to do.”
“I understand you all want to be writers. Well, what are you doing here? Why the devil aren't you home writing?”

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Wikidata facts

Image: Sinclair Lewis by Oscar Whiite, Pach Brothers Studio, c. 1945, gelatin silver print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 93 388 23 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 2

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birth name: Harry Sinclair Lewis
Commons category: Sinclair Lewis
date of birth: 1885-05-07
date of death: 1951-01-10
pseudonym: Tom Graham
name in native language: Sinclair Lewis
Commons Creator page: Sinclair Lewis
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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Sinclair Lewis, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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 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).

Several of his notable works were critical of American capitalism and materialism during the interwar period. Lewis is respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade ... it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds."