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Sinclair Lewis

American writer and playwright (1885–1951).

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Statements about Sinclair Lewis

Sex or Gender

Male

Award Received

Nobel Prize in Literature
(1930)
Award Rationale
: for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters
Award Rationale
: för hans starka och levande skildringskonst, med typskapande förmåga, med kvickhet och humor
Point in Time
: 1930
Prize Money
: 172,947 Swedish krona
Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame

Place of Birth

Sauk Centre

Place of Death

Rome

Country of Citizenship

United States

Date of Birth

2/7/1885
5/7/1885

Date of Death

1/10/1951

Instance Of

Human

Image

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Occupation

Novelist
Playwright
Journalist
Writer

Educated At

Yale University
Oberlin College
Oberlin Academy

Given Name

Harry
Series Ordinal
:1
Sinclair
Series Ordinal
:2
Object of Statement Has Role
:
Middle Name Used as Primary Given Name

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Льюис Синклер
Obálky Knih
URL
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Medvik
URL
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Subject Named As
:Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q127164769

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Family Name

Lewis

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Literature
(1930)
Point in Time
: 1930

Pseudonym

Tom Graham (1912)
Point in Time
: 1912

Notable Work

It Can't Happen Here
Babbitt

Archives At

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Kathryn A. Martin Library

Name in Native Language

Sinclair Lewis

Birth Name

Harry Sinclair Lewis

Spouse

Dorothy Thompson
(1928 - 1942)
Start Time
: 1928
End Time
: 1942

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

American English
English

Writing Language

English

Field of Work

Literature

Place of Burial

Greenwood Cemetery

Child

Michael Lewis
Wells Lewis

Number of Children

2
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