First American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Born in
Sauk Centre. Main Street. ~Margaret Sullivan, Stony Brook, NY
Sinclair Lewis not only put Gopher Prairie on the map but the
whole Midwestern culture. He writes of the prejudices, poverty
and struggles of a country trying to grow up using the phrases
of the time. He won both the Pulitzer and Nobel prize for
literature. ~Gayle Watland, Maplewood, MN A Sauk Centre native,
was the first American author to receive the Nobel prize for
Literature. He had written a series of novels, including Main
Street, Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, and others, 24 in all. He changed
American literature for all time, with his photographic style of
description, and his chosen social issue topics. ~Roberta Olson,
Sauk Centre, MN