Sinclair Lewis
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Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sinclair Lewis canonical | 7 |
| Harry Sinclair Lewis | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2114821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sinclair Lewis Context triple: [The Saturday Evening Post, hasContributor, Sinclair Lewis]
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A.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
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B.
Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
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C.
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist best known for his innovative, socially critical U.S.A. trilogy, which portrayed early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques.
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D.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
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E.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sinclair Lewis Target entity description: Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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A.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
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B.
Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
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C.
John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist best known for his innovative, socially critical U.S.A. trilogy, which portrayed early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques.
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D.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
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E.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
novelist ⓘ playwright ⓘ satirist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Literature
ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (declined)
|
| birthName |
Sinclair Lewis
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Harry Sinclair Lewis
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| burialPlace | Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| child |
Michael Lewis
ⓘ
Wells Lewis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-02-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1951-01-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
The Saturday Evening Post
ⓘ
surface form:
Saturday Evening Post
various publishing houses ⓘ |
| familyName | Lewis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | American society and culture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Sinclair ⓘ |
| influenced | American social novelists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Herbert George Wells
ⓘ
surface form:
H. G. Wells
Theodore Dreiser ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
realism
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arrowsmith
ⓘ
Babbitt ⓘ Dodsworth ⓘ Elmer Gantry ⓘ It Couldn’t Happen Here ⓘ
surface form:
It Can't Happen Here
Main Street ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| period | 20th century literature ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States of America
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surface form:
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Rome
ⓘ
surface form:
Rome, Italy
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| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London, United Kingdom
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, United States
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
Sauk Centre, Minnesota, United States
Vermont ⓘ
surface form:
Vermont, United States
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| spouse |
Dorothy Thompson
ⓘ
Grace Livingston Hegger ⓘ |
| writingStyle | satirical portrayal of American middle-class life ⓘ |
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Subject: Sinclair Lewis Description of subject: Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist and playwright, best known for his satirical portrayals of middle-class life and for being the first U.S. writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Referenced by (9)
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