Death: 10th January 1951
Cause of death: Advanced alcoholism
Location: Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States
Cause of death: Advanced alcoholism
Location: Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States
Photo taken by: Stew Thornley
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American novelist and playwright. Awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters. He was the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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American novelist and playwright. Awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters. He was the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He was born in Minnesota and developed a love of reading at an early age. He studied at Yale University. In 1926 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Arrowsmith, but he declined the award. In 1928 he married Dorothy Thompson with whom he had a son. His work is known for being critical of America and capitalist values.
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