AM 1240 WJON » sinclair lewis http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Life and Legacy of Sinclair Lewis Celebrated in St. Cloud [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/life-and-legacy-of-sinclair-lewis-celebrated-in-st-cloud-audio/ http://wjon.com/life-and-legacy-of-sinclair-lewis-celebrated-in-st-cloud-audio/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:48:39 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=107381 The life and legacy of Sinclair Lewis is being celebrated in St. Cloud this week. The author of the world famous book "Mainstreet" grew-up in Sauk Centre, but thanks to his brother Claude, he also has close ties to St. Cloud.

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]]> http://wjon.com/life-and-legacy-of-sinclair-lewis-celebrated-in-st-cloud-audio/feed/ 0 Lewis family member Patti Lewis, historian Alex Ames, Southside resident Mary Mathews Sinclair Lewis Wins Nobel Prize – on 'This Date in Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:30:37 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=55782 On this date, December 10th, in 1930, Sauk Centre native Sinclair Lewis became the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Sinclair Lewis (Stearns History Museum)