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Harry Sinclair Lewis 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."
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1885-02-06
- event Death Date 1951-01-10
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA
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6.5
Elmer Gantry
1960-07-07
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Mantrap
1926-07-24
6.5
Arrowsmith
1931-12-07
6.5
Babbitt
1934-12-08
6.5
I Married a Doctor
1936-04-25
6.5
Babbitt
1969-12-01
6.5
Dodsworth
1936-09-23
6.5
Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06
6.5
Free Air
6.5
Main Street
1923-04-25
6.5
Shadow on the Land
1968-12-04
6.5
Ann Vickers
1933-09-26
6.5
Newly Rich
1931-07-02
6.5
Untamed
1940-07-24
6.5
This Is the Life
1944-06-01
6.5
Bongo
1947-09-27
6.5
Babbitt
1924-06-15
6.5
Majesty on a Detour
1958-12-17
6.5
Fun and Fancy Free
1947-09-27
6.5
Arrowsmith
1997-01-01