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Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Anderson (1876 - 1941) was an American writer whose meticulous character development earned him recognition as a "writer's writer." Like a number of other famous writers such as Anton Chekhov, Charles Dickens, and Louisa May Alcott, Anderson's childhood and adolescence were marked by family hardship.
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When his father's business failed, the family moved frequently, and his mother became an alcoholic. As a result of these hardships, Anderson left school at the age of fourteen to help support the family finances.
Anderson is best known for his short stories, particularly his collection published as Winesburg, Ohio (1919).
His characters, whom he describes as "grotesques" in his first story, transform experiences into truths, which can be built-up, and once embraced, turn to falsehoods. He writes almost lovingly about his own collection of "grotesques," using a writing style often compared to his literary predecessor, William Dean Howells, as naturalism.
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