Sinclair Lewis

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Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Sinclair Lewis canonical 29
Harry Sinclair Lewis 2

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instanceOf human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (declined) ⓘ
birthName Harry Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
linked to: Sinclair Lewis
burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
child Michael Lewis ⓘ
Wells Lewis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1885-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1951-01-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Yale University ⓘ
employer Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
various publishing houses ⓘ
familyName Lewis ⓘ
fieldOfWork American society and culture ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre satire ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
givenName Sinclair ⓘ
influenced American social novelists ⓘ
influencedBy H. G. Wells ⓘ
Theodore Dreiser ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement realism ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1930 ⓘ
notableAchievement first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
notableWork Arrowsmith ⓘ
Babbitt ⓘ
Dodsworth ⓘ
Elmer Gantry ⓘ
It Can't Happen Here ⓘ
Main Street ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
period 20th century literature ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome, Italy ⓘ
linked to: Rome
residence London, United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: London, England

New York City, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
Vermont, United States ⓘ
linked to: Vermont
spouse Dorothy Thompson ⓘ
Grace Livingston Hegger ⓘ
writingStyle satirical portrayal of American middle-class life ⓘ

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Dodsworth (play) → basedOnWorkBy → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Elmer Gantry → authorOfSourceWork → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
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Jazz Age literature → hasNotableAuthor → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Mantrap (1926 film) → basedOnAuthor → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
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Babbitt → authorOfSourceWork → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
The Smart Set → hasContributor → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
The American Mercury → hasContributor → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
It Couldn’t Happen Here → author → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Dodsworth → basedOnWorkAuthor → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Sauk Centre, Minnesota → hasNotableResident → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Arrowsmith → authorOfSourceWork → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Arrowsmith → author → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Grace Livingston Hegger → spouse → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Wells Lewis → father → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Wells Lewis → notableRelative → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Michael Lewis → father → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Michael Lewis → parent → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Michael Lewis → notableFamilyMember → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Dodsworth → author → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
subject linked to: Dodsworth (novel)
Sam Dodsworth → creator → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Main Street → author → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Elmer Gantry Productions → basedOnWorkBy → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ
Fran Dodsworth → creator → Sinclair Lewis ⓘ