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Sinclair Lewis


(Harry Sinclair Lewis)
USA flag (1885 - 1951)
Grandfather of J P Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis 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 his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters." His works are known for their insightful and critical views of American society and capitalist values, as well as their strong characterizations of modern working women.
 

Genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
 
Novels
   Hike and the Aeroplane (1912)
   Our Mr. Wrenn (1914)
   The Trial of the Hawk (1915)
   The Innocents (1917)
   The Job (1917)
   Free Air (1919)
   Main Street (1920)
   Babbitt (1922)
   Arrowsmith (1925)
   Mantrap (1925)
   Elmer Gantry (1927)
   The Man Who Knew Coolidge (1928)
   Dodsworth (1929)
   Ann Vickers (1933)
   Work of Art (1934)
   It Can't Happen Here (1935)
   The Prodigal Parents (1938)
   Bethel Merriday (1940)
   Gideon Planish (1943)
   Cass Timberlane (1945)
   Kingsblood Royal (1947)
   The Godseeker (1949)
   World So Wide (1951)
   Let Us Play King (1956)
   Storm in the West (1963)
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Collections
   Selected Short Stories (1935)
   I'm Stranger to Myself (1962)
   If I Were Boss (1997)
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Sinclair Lewis recommends
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The Cream of the Jest (1917)
(Saga of Poictesme)
James Branch Cabell
"A book of dreams it is, and of very wonderful dreams."

Anthologies containing stories by Sinclair Lewis
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Points of View (1966)
An Anthology of Short Stories
edited by
Kenneth R McElheny and James Moffett

Awards
Nobel Prize in Literature Lifetime Achievement winner (1930)


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