What is Sherwood Anderson?
{{Infobox Writer | name = Sherwood Anderson | birth_name = | image = Sherwood Anderson (1933).jpg | caption = Anderson in 1933 | birth_date = {{birth date|1876|9|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Camden, Ohio]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|3|8|1876|9|13}} | death_place = [[Panama]] | occupation = [[Author]] | movement = | notableworks = ''Winesburg, Ohio'' }} '''''Sherwood Anderson''''' (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]]. He is most famous for his [[book]] ''[[Winesburg, Ohio]]''. Anderson is said to have had a big [[wikt:influence|influence]] on some of the most [[wikt:fame|famous]] American writers such as [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[William Faulkner]] and [[John Steinbeck]]. ==Personal Life== Anderson was born in [[Camden, Ohio]]. He was the third of seven children. Anderson’s father, Erwin Anderson, had a [[business]] which failed. After this, the Anderson family had to move house often, finally settling in [[Clyde, Ohio]]. Erwin Anderson began [[alcohol|drinking heavily]] and died in 1895. Sherwood Anderson took a number of [[job]]s to help support his family and he left [[school]] at the age of 14. Anderson moved to [[Chicago]]. He worked there until just before 1900, when he signed up for the [[United States Army]]. In 1900, Anderson went to [[Wittenberg University]] in [[Springfield, Ohio]]. He eventually went back to Chicago to take up a writing job. In 1904, he [[Marriage|married]] Cornelia Lane. Lane came from a rich family in [[Ohio]]. They lived in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] and then in [[Elyria, Ohio]]. Anderson had three children and ran a number of businesses. In November 1912, Anderson had a mental breakdown. He left his wife and three children and decided to become a creative writer. He moved back to Chicago, but took a job in [[advertisement|advertising]] and [[publishing]]. Anderson [[divorce]]d Cornelia in 1916 and got married to Tennessee Mitchell. In 1916, Anderson’s first book, ''Windy McPherson’s