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Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. He is best known for his short story collection Winesburg, Ohio (1919). Anderson was born in Camden, Ohio, to Irwin McLain Anderson and Emma Smith Anderson. He attended Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio, and later worked as a copywriter in Chicago. Anderson's writing career began in earnest in 1912, when he published his first novel, Windy McPherson's Son. He went on to write several more novels, including Poor White (1920), Many Marriages (1923), and Dark Laughter (1925). He also wrote several collections of short stories, including Winesburg, Ohio (1919), Triumph of the Egg (1921), and Horses and Men (1923). Anderson's writing style was characterized by a focus on the psychological and emotional lives of his characters, and his works often explored themes of alienation and loneliness. He was a major influence on the development of the modernist literary movement in the United States. Anderson died in 1941 at the age of 64.

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Occupation writer,actor
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 13 September, 1876
Birthday 13 September
Birthplace Camden, Ohio, USA
Date of death 8 March, 1941
Died Place Colon, Panama
Nationality United States

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Who Is Sherwood Anderson's Wife?

His wife is Eleanor Copenhaver (5 July 1933 - 8 March 1941) ( his death), Elizabeth Prall (5 April 1924 - 1 February 1932) ( divorced), Tennessee Mitchell (31 July 1916 - 4 April 1924) ( divorced), Cornelia Lane (16 May 1904 - 27 July 1916) ( divorced) ( 3 children)

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Wife Eleanor Copenhaver (5 July 1933 - 8 March 1941) ( his death), Elizabeth Prall (5 April 1924 - 1 February 1932) ( divorced), Tennessee Mitchell (31 July 1916 - 4 April 1924) ( divorced), Cornelia Lane (16 May 1904 - 27 July 1916) ( divorced) ( 3 children)
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1926

In 1926 he moved to Marion, Virginia, where he built a home. There Anderson bought two weekly newspapers, one Republican, one Democrat, and edited both for 2 years. He was lecturing around the country and studied the labor conditions during the Depression. He wrote, ". . . Joseph Conrad said that a writer only began to live after he began to write. It pleased me to think I was after all but ten years old. Plenty of time ahead for such a young one.

1925

Their friendship broke after Anderson's "Dark Laughter" (1925) prompted the satirical "Torrents of Spring", a parody of Anderson by Hemingway.

Andersen completed the "Dark Laughter" (1925) in New Orleans, where he shared an apartment with William Faulkner, who was also inspired by Anderson's works.

1921

He also gave him a letter of recommendation to Gertrude Stein, pushing Hemingway to move to Paris from Chicago, where they met in 1921.

1920

He went traveling and became part of the expatriate community in Europe during the 1920s. In Paris he met Gertrude Stein, whom he much admired. He encouraged Ernest Hemingway in his writing aspirations.

1917

After the success of his books, "Winesburg, Ohio" (1917) and "The Triumphs of the Egg" (1921) Andersen received his first 'Dial' Award for his contribution to American Literature.

1900

They led the so-called Chicago Literary Renessance between 1900 and 1930.

1898

Served in the US Army in Cuba during the Spanish-American War of 1898.

1876

Sherwood Anderson was born on September 13, 1876, into the family of a house-painter in Camden, Ohio. He worked as a newsboy, a house-painter, and a stable groom until he moved to Chicago at the age of 17. There he attended business classes at night, while having a day job as a warehouse laborer. After his military service in Cuba during the Spanish-American war, he returned to Ohio and graduated from Wittenberg College in Springfield, Ohio. His marriage didn't work, and he moved to Chicago again. There he joined the Chicago Group of writers, which also included Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, and Edgar Lee Masters.

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