| − | Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist of the jazz age. His writing style is realist/modernist. He was won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel [[Arrowsmith]] which he refused claiming that the plethora of prizes awarded to authors were stifling individuality. He became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature with his novel [[Babbitt]] (which he accepted). | + | '''Sinclair Lewis''' was an American novelist of the jazz age. His writing style is realist/modernist. He was won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel [[Arrowsmith]] which he refused claiming that the plethora of prizes awarded to authors were stifling individuality. He became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature with his novel [[Babbitt]] (which he accepted). |