July 13, 2005 - Seventy five year ago, Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature. He traveled the world and was welcomed in the most distinguished of literary circles. Yet he referred to himself as "Sauk Center in a Saville Row suit." Lewis grew up in the central Minnesota town of Sauk Center. His fictional town of Gopher Prairie is said to be based on it. Lewis said "to understand America, it is merely necessary to understand Minnesota." A new collection of his stories is out, and they may help readers better understand Minnesota. Sally Parry, executive director of the Sinclair Lewis society, edited the book, "The Minnesota Stories of Sinclair Lewis"". She's in Minnesota for Sinclair Lewis Days in Sauk Center, including a conference on his works. She says Lewis had a love/hate relationship with his home state.
March 18, 2002 - A new biography of Minnesota native Sinclair Lewis shines a brighter light on one of the state's literary stars. Lewis was born in Sauk Center in 1885, and wrote best-selling books like Main Street, and Babbitt. He won a Nobel prize for literature in 1930, but that proved to be the peak of a career that lasted into the 1940's. Lewis's legacy has been tarnished because of off-hand treatment by critics and biographers in the past. But the new biography titled "Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street" gives readers a fresh perspective on Lewis' career.
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November 7, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Dr. Roland Dille on Sinclair Lewis, author of “Main Street.”
July 15, 1974 - MPR’s Tom Stewart explores Sauk Centre as it celebrates Sinclair Lewis Days, in honor of the hometown author’s contributions to American literature and his Nobel Prize for Literature.