Sherwood Anderson

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American writer (1876-1941)

United States WritersLived 1876 to 1941 · aged 64

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Fame56.8

MomentumNot measured

Languages31

Peak1920s

In century#4,454

Also inDeutsch

Photos 6

"Roof-Fix carried us to Elyria" wrote Sherwood Anderson's wife, Cornelia Lane, of the product her husband started a company to sell.[47]

Advertisement for the Anderson Manufacturing Co., a company owned by Sherwood Anderson from 1907 to 1913, almost a decade before he became a well-known author

Anderson in 1933

Anderson's grave marker at Round Hill Cemetery in Marion, Virginia. Designed by Wharton Esherick and executed in black granite by Victor Riu.

First edition title page of Winesburg, Ohio

In their orbit 2

SpouseEleanor Gladys Copenhaver

SpouseTennessee Mitchell Anderson

Connected to Sherwood 6

Paul RobesonAlso in Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

Ethel BarrymoreAlso in Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

H. L. MenckenAlso in Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

Anita LoosAlso in Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

Paul MorandAlso in Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

Max ReinhardtAlso in Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)

About this person

Sherwood Anderson 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. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and family to become a writer.

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