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Sherwood Anderson

About the Author

Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, and an influential figure in American Modernist literature. Having grown up in Ohio, he worked as a copywriter and business owner until 1912, when he had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his life and become a writer. Anderson is best known for his short story collection, Winesburg, Ohio (1919).

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