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Babbitt (1922), by Sinclair Lewis, is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy provoked by Babbitt was influential in the decision to award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Lewis in 1930. [1]
Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – 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."
The Rise of Sinclair Lewis, 1920–1930, by James M. Hutchisson. The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. The Man Who Knew Coolidge, by Sinclair Lewis, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928. Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street, by Richard Lingeman, Random House, 2002.
Matthew Broderick stars in a new adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' 1922 satiric novel 'Babbitt' in a production at La Jolla Playhouse directed by artistic director Christopher Ashley.
The 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American novelist Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters." [1] [2] He is the first American Nobel laureate in literature.
By 1987, the Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, a retail fixture in Flagstaff since 1891, closed its doors at Aspen Avenue and San Francisco Street. [37]: 161–167 [56] To protect historic buildings in downtown, the Railroad Addition Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [59] [60]
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