Lewis, Sinclair
(1885-1951) American writer. Sinclair Lewis was the first American writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. He also received the Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith." He's famous for his satirical depictions of American life.
Sinclair Lewis Quotes
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. Several of his most famous works are Main Street and Babbit. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith (but he rejected the prize). A number of his novels (Elmer Gantry, Main Street, Babbitt, Kingsblood Royal, and Cass Timberlane) were banned. Here are a few quotes from Sinclair Lewis.
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright. He became the first American to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930. Several of his most famous works are Main Street and Babbit. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith (but he rejected the prize). A number of his novels (Elmer Gantry, Main Street, Babbitt, Kingsblood Royal, and Cass Timberlane) were banned. Here are a few quotes from Sinclair Lewis.
Sinclair Lewis: Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, Dodsworth
In all, Sinclair Lewis wrote 22 novels, of which "Arrowsmith," "Elmer Gantry," and "Dodsworth" are among his most famous. Through his novels and other works, Lewis offers a critique of American culture and politics, with its multitude of contradictions. In his Nobel Lecture, he called America "the most contradictory, the most depressing, the most stirring, of any land in the world today." And, it was out of such a land as this that he was able to spin so many novels. Read more...
In all, Sinclair Lewis wrote 22 novels, of which "Arrowsmith," "Elmer Gantry," and "Dodsworth" are among his most famous. Through his novels and other works, Lewis offers a critique of American culture and politics, with its multitude of contradictions. In his Nobel Lecture, he called America "the most contradictory, the most depressing, the most stirring, of any land in the world today." And, it was out of such a land as this that he was able to spin so many novels. Read more...
Sinclair Lewis Writings
Learn more about Sinclair Lewis and his status as a great American writer, with these collections of his works. "Main Street" was the work for which Lewis received the Pulitzer Prize (which he refused). In 1930, Lewis was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Learn more about Sinclair Lewis and his status as a great American writer, with these collections of his works. "Main Street" was the work for which Lewis received the Pulitzer Prize (which he refused). In 1930, Lewis was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Sinclair Lewis - Arrowsmith - Elmer Gantry - Dodsworth
Sinclair Lewis had the distinction of being the first American writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1930. That distinction has since been shared by Toni Morrison (1993), Saul Bellow (1976), John Steinbeck (1962), Ernest Hemingway (1954), and other American writers.
Sinclair Lewis had the distinction of being the first American writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1930. That distinction has since been shared by Toni Morrison (1993), Saul Bellow (1976), John Steinbeck (1962), Ernest Hemingway (1954), and other American writers.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930
Find an short autobiographical piece, Sinclair Lewis's Nobel Lecture, along with other resources. Sinclair received the Noble Prize in Literature ""for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."
Find an short autobiographical piece, Sinclair Lewis's Nobel Lecture, along with other resources. Sinclair received the Noble Prize in Literature ""for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."