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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."
Sinclair Lewis: 10 January 1951 (aged 65) Rome, Italy Alcoholism: Novelist, playwright, short story writer: W. C. Fields: 25 December 1946 (aged 66) Pasadena, California, United States Alcoholism: Actor Lorenz Hart: 22 November 1943 (aged 48) New York City, United States Alcoholism: Lyricist John Barrymore
Cause of Death Murderer 30 May 1901 Annie Austin [3] ... Ex-partner Sinclair Lewis was cleared of her murder Dec 2002 Elizabeth Valad Camden, London Unknown. Her body ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Richard Lewis' cause of death has officially been revealed just hours after sources confirmed he had died.In a statement to ET, the actor and comedian's publicist confirmed that Lewis died Tuesday ...
It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by the American author Sinclair Lewis. [1] Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany), and Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor ...
The Perezes, who aren’t related to Lewis, were her caregivers, the sheriff’s office said. Lewis’ cause of death was from sepsis, according to a Greenville County Coroner’s Office news release.
Via this connection, Lewis learned of the intricacies of the black community in the United States, leading directly to his creation of the novel. [2] Additionally, Lewis met Walter Francis White, president of the NAACP and a man of majority European ancestry, and many of his professional circles. A number among them were clearly persons of ...