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Sinclair Lewis 1930. Harry Sinclair Lewis (* 7. Februar 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota; † 10. Januar 1951 in Rom) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der durch seine gesellschaftskritischen und satirischen Romane berühmt wurde. 1930 wurde ihm als erstem Amerikaner der Nobelpreis für Literatur zugesprochen.
Sinclair Lewis, Minnesota’s most renowned novelist and the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, passed away in Rome in 1951. But with a little “willing suspension of disbelief,” an original and free historical streaming film presentation will provide new insights into this giant of American literature.
辛克莱·刘易斯（Sinclair Lewis，1885年2月7日～1951年1月10日）美国作家。1914年，他的第一部长篇小说《我们的雷恩先生》问世。主要作品有《大街》、《巴比特》、《阿罗史密斯》等。1930年作品《巴比特》获诺贝尔文学奖。辛克莱·刘易斯是美国第一位诺贝尔文学获得者，他的文学创作生涯可划分为三 ...
Jan 7, 2014 · Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, and graduated from Yale University in 1908. His college career was interrupted by various part-time occupations, including a period working at the Helicon Home Colony, Upton Sinclair's socialist experiment in New Jersey.
Sinclair Lewis. Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American novelist and playwright. He has been called, “the conscience of his generation” [1] for his satirical portrayals of American cultural manners and mores from small town provincialism to religious fundamentalism. During the “speakeasy” decade of the ...
Babbitt, novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1922. The novel’s scathing indictment of middle-class American values made “Babbittry” a synonym for adherence to a conformist, materialistic, anti-intellectual way of life. Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the home town of Sinclair Lewis and the fictional setting for his novel Main Street, a portrait ...
Jan 3, 2019 · Early reviews praised or condemned Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) for a blend of realism and optimism; indeed, a curious mixture of almost naturalistic realism and a kind of romance characterized Lewis’s fiction throughout his career. He failed to solve the dichotomy in his novels, nor did he ever solve it for himself.
