Sinclair Lewis
Writer
- Born
- February 6, 1885
- Died
- January 10, 1951 (age 65)
- From
- Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main…
