Biography
Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 β January 10, 1951) 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 Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
His works were critical of American capitalism and materialism during the interwar period. Lewis is respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, "[If] there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade ... it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds."
Filmography
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Movies 23
Writer 18
TV Shows 1
Creator 1
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Arrowsmith (1997)
Babbitt (1969)
Shadow on the Land (1968)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Majesty on a Detour (1958)
Pagliacci (1948)
Cass Timberlane (1947)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Bongo (1947)
This Is the Life (1944)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Untamed (1940)
Dodsworth (1936)
I Married a Doctor (1936)
Babbitt (1934)
Ann Vickers (1933)
Arrowsmith (1931)
Newly Rich (1931)
Mantrap (1926)
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
Babbitt (1924)
Main Street (1923)
The Ghost Patrol (1923)
Free Air
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GenderMale
Birthday1885-02-07
Deathday1951-01-10 (65 years old)
Birth NameHarry Sinclair Lewis
Birth PlaceSauk Centre, United States of America
Religionatheism
RelationshipsDorothy Thompson (1928-01-01 - 1942-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNobel Prize in Literature, Prometheus Award - Hall of Fame
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