(Harry) Sinclair Lewis, 1885-1951
Biographical note
American novelist and playwright, and the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The award reflected his ground-breaking work in the 1920s on books such as Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. He was also awarded the Pulitzer Prize for 'Arrowsmith', but declined it because he believed that the Pulitzer was meant for books that celebrated American wholesomeness and his novels, which were quite critical, should not be awarded the prize.
Works
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Novels
- Hike and the Aeroplane (1912, as Tom Graham)
- Our Mr. Wrenn; the romantic adventures of a gentle man [1914]
- The Trail of the Hawk : A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life [1916]
- The Job : An American Novel [1917]
- The Innocents : A Story for Lovers [1917]
- Free Air [1919]
- Main Street [1920]
- Babbit [1922]
- Arrowsmith [1925]
- Mantrap [1926]
- Elmer Gantry [1927]
- The Man Who Knew Coolidge [1928]
- Dodsworth [1929]
- Ann Vickers [1933]
- Work of Art [1934]
- It Can't Happen Here [1935]
- The Prodigal Parents [1938]
- Bethel Merriday [1940]
- Gideon Planish [1943]
- Cass Timberlane [1945]
- Kingsblood Royal [1947]
- The God-Seeker [1949]
- World So Wide [1951]
Short stories
- The Ghost Patrol [Redbook, 1917]
- Young Man Axelbrod [Century, 1917]
- The Willow Walk [Saturday Evening Post, 1918]
- The Cat of the Stars [Saturday Evening Post, 1919]
- Things [Saturday Evening Post, 1919]
- Speed [Redbook, 1919]
- The Kidnaped Memorial [Pictorial Review, 1919]
- Moths in the Arc Light [Saturday Evening Post, 1919]
- The Hack Driver [Nation, 1923]
- A Letter From the Queen [Cosmopolitan, 1929]
- Go East, Young Man [Cosmopolitan, 1930]
- Land [Saturday Evening Post, 1931]
- Let’s Play King [Collected Short Stories, 1935]
- I'm a stranger here myself, and other stories
I'm a stranger here myself -- He loved his country -- A woman by candlelight -- Afterglow -- The cat of the stars -- The hack driver -- He had a brother -- A letter from the Queen -- Ring around a rosy -- Land -- The man who cheated time -- Virga Vay and Allan Cedar
