Sinclair Lewis

Lewis in 1930
BornHarry Sinclair Lewis
(1885-02-07)February 7, 1885
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
DiedJanuary 10, 1951(1951-01-10) (aged 65)
Rome, Italy
OccupationNovelist, playwright, short story writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature
1930
SpouseGrace Livingston Hegger (1914–1925) (divorced)
Dorothy Thompson (1928–1942) (divorced)
Children2
Signature

Harry Sinclair Lewis was a writer who became the first American to win a Nobel Prize.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Nomination Database". Official website of the Nobel Prize. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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