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 Sinclair Lewis - Sauk Centre, Minnesota Posted by:  msrubble
N 45° 44.261 W 094° 55.764
15T E 349898 N 5066713
Grave of Sinclair Lewis, novelist and Nobel Prize winner.
Waymark Code: WMTNKD
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 12/18/2016
Views: 1
The gravesite of author Sinclair Lewis is in Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minnesota. His grave has a small flat stone marker. He is buried in the family plot, near a draped column bearing the family name.
The entrance to the cemetery has a sign providing directions to the Sinclair Lewis gravesite.
Description:
Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a country doctor. The younger Lewis studied at Oberlin Academy and Yale University. After graduation, he worked as an editor until he was able to make a living as a freelance short story writer.
Lewis's first book was a children's story, published under a pseudonym, about an airplane. The first novel which brought him attention was 1920's "Main Street," nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for literature. Lewis was awarded the Pulitzer in 1926 for "Arrowsmith," but he turned it down. Other of Lewis's notable novels include "Babbitt," "Elmer Gantry," and "It Can't Happen Here." Lewis was the first American to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1930.
He died in Rome.
Date of birth: 02/07/1885
Date of death: 01/10/1951
Area of notoriety: Literature
Marker Type: Horizontal Marker
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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