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Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) 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.
Sherwood Anderson (born September 13, 1876, Camden, Ohio, U.S.—died March 8, 1941, Colon, Panama) was an author who strongly influenced American writing between World Wars I and II, particularly the technique of the short story.
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Dec 22, 2021 · In 1916 he divorced his wife Cornelia and married Tennessee Mitchell. In 1919, Anderson completed what most scholars consider to be his masterpiece, Winesburg, Ohio. During the early 1920s, he wrote three more novels, two short-story collections, and an autobiography.
She had six children from her marriage with her first husband Sherwood Anderson Diller, and she outlived two of her grown children. Diller's second husband was actor Warde Donovan, whom she married on October 7, 1965.
In 1894 the family settled in Clyde, Ohio, which probably served as the model for Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, though Anderson claimed he had no particular town in mind. After working in a variety of jobs and serving in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War, Anderson married into a successful business family and began managing ...
After divorcing and remarrying for the final time, he travelled with his fourth wife. They settled in Virginia. His writing was far less influential in this late stage. He died in Panama from peritonitis in 1941, after swallowing a toothpick. Books about Sherwood Anderson. Kenny J. Williams: A Storyteller and a City: Sherwood Anderson’s Chicago
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The couple married in 1904 and had three children: Robert Lane (1907-1951), John Sherwood (1908-1995) and Marion (Mimi) (1911-1996). In 1906, they relocated to Cleveland when Anderson became the president of the United Factories Company, a mail-order firm.
