Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis was an American writer. He lived from 1885 to 1951. His most famous works include Main Street, Babbit, and many others. His form of writing was satirical and his work reflected a lot of his life. Lewis was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature. In total, Lewis wrote 22 novels and 3 plays. Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 in Sauk Centre in the heart of Minnesota. His father was a Dr. Edwin J. Lewis, country doctor and his mother was Emma Kermott Lewis, the daughter of a Canadian Physician. His mother died in 1891 when he was only six and his father remarried the