Sinclair Lewis

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Saying he was robbed earlier of the Pulitzer, he famously declined that honor for "Arrowsmith" Sinclair Lewis $800 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 2025-11-03 #9426
He won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for "Arrowsmith", but turned it down Sinclair Lewis $2,000 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 2021-12-29 #8543
Each July Sauk Centre, Minnesota has a week-long festival honoring this native son Sinclair Lewis $1,600 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 2002-02-19 #4027
"The Man from Main Street" is a collection of this Nobel Prize winner's essays Sinclair Lewis $500 J AMERICAN AUTHORS 1998-04-02 #3139
A collection of his letters, "From Main Street to Stockholm", was published posthumously in 1952 Sinclair Lewis DD $3,800 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 1996-09-06 #2760
He wrote good later novels like "Cass Timberlane", but earlier ones like "Babbitt" are more famous Sinclair Lewis $200 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1994-05-26 #2254
Background for Dr. Kennicott in his 1920 novel "Main Street" was supplied by his father, a country doctor Sinclair Lewis $600 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1994-04-25 #2231
Because it depicted a religious figure's sexuality, his "Elmer Gantry" was banned in Boston in 1927 Sinclair Lewis $600 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 1986-05-08 #434
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