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'''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).  Lewis also wrote ''Elmer Gantry'', the story of a corrupt and materialistic [[minister]], and ''[[It Can't Happen Here]]'', the story of an American facist state.

'''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).  Lewis also wrote ''[http://www.answers.com/topic/elmer-gantry-criticism Elmer Gantry]'', the story of a corrupt and materialistic [[minister]], and ''[[It Can't Happen Here]]'', the story of an American facist state.

Lewis studied at [[Yale University]], becoming an [[atheist]]<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881224,00.html Religion: Atheist's Oath]," ''Time'', August 20, 1928</ref> and "card-carrying [[socialist]]." He lived for a time at "a sort of [[commune]]" started  by [[Upton Sinclair]], the future Socialist Party candidate for governor of California. When [[Jack London]], the socialist candidate for mayor of Oakland, California, went to Yale to speak for socialism, Lewis met him.<ref>Gore Vidal, "[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2805 The Romance of Sinclair Lewis]," ''The New York Review of Books'', Vol. 39, No. 16 (October 8, 1992)</ref>

Lewis studied at [[Yale University]], becoming an [[atheist]]<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,881224,00.html Religion: Atheist's Oath]," ''Time'', August 20, 1928</ref> and "card-carrying [[socialist]]." He lived for a time at "a sort of [[commune]]" started  by [[Upton Sinclair]], the future Socialist Party candidate for governor of California. When [[Jack London]], the socialist candidate for mayor of Oakland, California, went to Yale to speak for socialism, Lewis met him.<ref>Gore Vidal, "[http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2805 The Romance of Sinclair Lewis]," ''The New York Review of Books'', Vol. 39, No. 16 (October 8, 1992)</ref>