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In 1930 this "Main Street" author became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature |
Sinclair Lewis
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LITERATURE |
2020-04-23 |
#8209 |
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In Sauk Centre, Minnesota, a street (not Main Street), is named for this author born there in 1885 |
Sinclair Lewis
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LITERARY TYPES |
2018-07-10 |
#7802 |
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A fascist named Berzelius Windrip becomes president of the U.S. in this "Dodsworth" author's novel "It Can't Happen Here" |
Sinclair Lewis
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$1,200 |
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LITERARY CHARACTERS |
2008-07-14 |
#5506 |
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Sidney Howard helped this author dramatize "Dodsworth" |
Sinclair Lewis
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$800 |
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LITERARY COLLABORATORS |
2005-05-31 |
#4787 |
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This "Babbitt" author published his 1st novel, "Hike And The Aeroplane", under the pseudonym Tom Graham |
Sinclair Lewis
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$400 |
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LITERATURE |
1996-02-02 |
#2635 |
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Unimaginative conformists came to be called "Babbitts" after a character he introduced in 1922 |
Sinclair Lewis
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$400 |
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LITERATURE |
1993-04-22 |
#1999 |
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His 1949 novel about a missionary, "The God-Seeker", is set in Minn.; so is his "Main Street" |
Sinclair Lewis
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$200 |
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LITERARY SETTINGS |
1991-03-28 |
#1524 |
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In 1929 this author introduced us to the Dodsworth family |
Sinclair Lewis
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$600 |
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LITERATURE |
1990-04-30 |
#1316 |
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The Reader's Encyclopedia said, "He loved the... main streets of America even as he deplored them" |
Sinclair Lewis
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$500 |
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LITERATURE |
1990-04-19 |
#1309 |
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His novel "It Can't Happen Here" is about a fascist dictatorship set up in the U.S. |
Sinclair Lewis
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$500 |
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LITERATURE |
1988-07-18 |
#911 |
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It's said he turned down Pulitzer for “Arrowsmith” because he felt he was due one sooner |
Sinclair Lewis
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$200 |
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LITERARY TRIVIA |
1985-11-20 |
#313 |
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This author's "Main Street" has setting similar to one he grew up in, in Sauk Centre |
Sinclair Lewis
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$400 |
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LITERATURE |
1985-11-01 |
#300 |