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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."
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 Man Who Knew Coolidge is a 1928 satirical novel by Sinclair Lewis. It features the return of several characters from Lewis' previous works, including George Babbitt and Elmer Gantry. Additionally, it sees a return to the familiar territory of Lewis' fictional American city of Zenith, in the state of Winnemac.
Sinclair Lewis and Thompson during their honeymoon caravan trip in England, 1928. Thompson boarded a ship to London in June 1920 to become a foreign correspondent. Beginning by submitting articles to the International News Service (INS), she went to Ireland in August and was the last to interview the Sinn Féin Irish independence leader Terence MacSwiney.
Bishopstown News [14] – Free monthly newspaper for the Western Suburbs (mainly Bishopstown and Wilton) of Cork City; The Carrigdhoun – Carrigaline and south-east Cork [15] Cork Independent – free Cork city- and county-based weekly newspaper; The Cork News – free Cork city based weekly newspaper, launched 18 September 2009 [16]
Lewis had four Top 40 hits and was a backing singer for artists such as David Bowie and Rod Stewart
Ex-partner Sinclair Lewis was cleared of her murder Dec 2002 Elizabeth Valad Camden, London Unknown. Her body was dismembered Anthony Hardy (The Camden Ripper), was jailed for her murder in November 2003 Victim of The Camden Ripper: 25 Dec 2002 Bridgette MacClennan Camden, London Unknown. Her body was dismembered
The Clark County Nevada Coroner determined comedian Jerry Lewis' cause of death following his passing on Sunday. ... New York Daily News. August 21, 2017 at 5:07 PM.