Sinclair Lewis

Elmer Gantry

Novel satirizing evangelical religion and the charismatic preacher leading congregations

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Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognized for his satirical portraits of middle-class conformity and provincial smugness. His novels gave names—Babbitt, Main Street—that became cultural shorthand.

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