Novelist
Sinclair Lewis
The first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the author of a 1935 novel about a fascist becoming president of the United States.
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
- Born
- 1885-02-07, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 1951-01-10, Rome, ItalyA Wednesday, aged 65
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1885-02-07, Sauk Centre, Minnesota, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 19°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 28°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 26°49′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 27°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 20°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 2°23′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 17°21′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 2°28′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Taurus | 20°33′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 0°11′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1951-01-10, Rome, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 19°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 24°49′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 2°16′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 3°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 20°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 6°31′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 2°21′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 6°56′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 19°30′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 19°18′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Sinclair Lewis was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
