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