Sinclair Lewis
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist known for satirizing middle-class America.
He wrote 22 works, including Babbitt and Elmer Gantry, and became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1930.
Lewis's novels critiqued capitalism, materialism, and narrow-mindedness in interwar America, often featuring strong female characters.
His most famous creation, George F. Babbitt, embodied the unthinking conformity of middle-class values.
Critics praised Lewis's ability to create new character types with wit and humor, with H.L. Mencken calling him a "red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds.".
