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Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio .
Sherwood Anderson (born September 13, 1876, Camden, Ohio, U.S.—died March 8, 1941, Colon, Panama) was an author who strongly influenced American writing between World Wars I and II, particularly the technique of the short story. His writing had an impact on such notable writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, both of whom owe the ...
The Sherwood Anderson Page at American Literature, featuring a biography and Free Library of the author's Novels, Stories, Poems, Letters, and Texts.
Mar 27, 2014 · Sherwood Anderson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1966. First published in 1951; reissued as recently as 1978. Overview of Anderson’s life and literary career, generally positive and insightful in its treatment of Winesburg and selected later stories but otherwise tepid in its judgment of Anderson’s novels, poetry, and nonfiction ...
Dec 22, 2021 · SUMMARY. Sherwood Anderson was a poet, novelist, essayist, businessman, and newspaper editor most often associated with the American Midwest. His notable collection of related short stories, Winesburg, Ohio (1919), examined small-town life in the late 1800s. Anderson moved in the highest of American literary circles, entertaining—and to some ...
Sherwood Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio. Considered one of the great American writers, Anderson published a number of novels, short story collections, volumes of poetry, and memoirs during his lifetime, but he is best known for Winesburg, Ohio (1919). Set in a small Ohio town, the series of…
Jun 11, 2018 · Sherwood Anderson. The works of the American writer Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) are graced by a psychological complexity absent from earlier American fiction. His stories stress character and mood, and his style is laconic and colloquial. Sherwood Anderson was born on Sept. 13, 1876, in Camden, Ohio, the third of seven children.
