'''Sherwood Anderson''' (1876-1941) was an American writer best known for his 1919 work ''Winesburg, Ohio'', a collection of vignettes set in a small [[Ohio]] town. He is credited with being the first author the popularize the open form of writing, in which characters and not the plot is emphasized.
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'''Sherwood Anderson''' (1876-1941) was an American writer best known for his 1919 work ''Winesburg, Ohio'', a collection of vignettes set in a small [[Ohio]] town. His novels ''Poor White'' (1920) and ''Dark Laughter'' (1925) were also successful.
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Anderson is credited with being the first author the popularize the open form of writing, in which characters and not the plot is emphasized.