1930 Nobel Prize in Literature

1930 Nobel Prize in Literature
Sinclair Lewis
"for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."
Date
  • 9 November 1930 (announcement)
  • 10 December 1930
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 1930 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American novelist Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters."[1][2] He is the first American Nobel laureate in literature.

  1. ^ The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 nobelprize.org
  2. ^ "SINCLAIR LEWIS IN FILMS.; Novelist Who Won Nobel Prize Talks--Other Interesting Movies". New York Times. 10 November 1930.