Sherwood Anderson
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General Information
Pen Name: None
Genre:Fiction, Non-Fiction & Poetry
Born: September 13, 1876 in Camden, Ohio
Died: March 8, 1941 in Panama
Image Credit: The Sherwood Anderson Collection, (twm_oo8.jpg), Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Celebrated on the Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building
"To the tale-teller, you must understand, the telling of the tale is the cutting of the natal cord. When the tale is told it exists outside oneself, and often it is more living than the living man from whom it came" - Sherwood Anderson
Illinois Connection
Anderson worked as an advertising copywriter in Chicago.
Biographical and Professional Information
Sherwood Anderson was an important figure in the Chicago Renaissance, the movement that attracted world-wide attention to Chicago as a literary center around the time of the First World War. He was an important novelist, short story writer, essayist, poet and dramatist. He is most notable for his short stories, a number of which draw upon his Chicago experiences. Collections include Wintesburg, Ohio (1919), The Triumph of the Egg (1921), Horses and Men (1923) and Death in the Woods (1933). Novels include Poor White (1920), Dark Laughter (1925) and Beyond Desire (1932).
Published Works
- Windy McPherson's Son, John Lane Company, 1916
- Marching Men, John Lane Company, 1917
- Winesburg, Ohio, B.W. Huebsch, 1919
- Poor White, B.W. Huebsch, 1920
- The Triumph of the Egg, B.W. Huebsch, 1921
- Horses and Men, B.W. Huebsch, 1921
- Many Marriages, B.W. Huebsch, 1923
- A Story-Teller's Story, B.W. Huebsch, 1924
- Modern Writer, Lantern Press, 1925
- Dark Laughter, Boni & Liveright, 1925
- Sherwood Anderson's Notebook, Boni & Liveright, 1926
- Tar, A Midwest Childhood, Boni & Liverright, 1926
- Hello Towns, Horace Liveright, 1929
- Alice: the Lost Novel, E. Matthews Marrot, 1929
- Nearer the Grass Roots, Westgate Press, 1929
- Perhaps Women, H. Liveright, 1931
- Beyond Desire, Boni & Liveright, 1932
- Death in the Woods and Other Stories, Boni & Liveright, 1933
- No Swank, The Centaur Press, 1934
- Puzzled America, Scribner, 1935
- Kit Brandon, C. Scribner's Sons, 1936
- Dreiser: A Biography, 1936
- Home Town, Alliance Book Corporation, 1940
- San Francisco at Christmas, Quercus, 1941
- Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs, Harcourt, Brace, 1942
Published posthumously:
- Lives of Animals, Creative Co, 1966
- Return to Winesburg, Ohio, University of North Carolina Press, 1967
- Sherwood Anderson, the Writer at His Craft, P. P. Appel, 1979
- The Teller's Tale, Union College Press, 1983
- Writer's Diary: 1936-1941, 1987
- Sherwood Anderson: Early Writings, Kent State University Press, 1989
- Certain Thioings Last: The Selected Short Stories of Sherwood Anderson, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1995
- Southern Odyssey: Selected Writings by Sherwood Anderson, University of Georgia Press, 1997
Titles for Purchase and at Your Library
 | Windy McPherson's SonISBN: 1598185977 Release Date: 2006-10-01 |
 | Marching Men (1917)ISBN: 0548634785 Release Date: 2007-10-17 |
 | Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World's Classics)ISBN: 0199540721 Release Date: 2008-08-01 |
 | Poor WhiteISBN: 1604249730 Release Date: 2008-01-28 |
Horses and MenISBN: 0742655016 Release Date: 2007-12-10 |
 | Many MarriagesASIN: B000RUBWFU Release Date: 1923 |
 | A Story Teller's Story: The tale of an American writer's journey through his own imaginative world and through the world of facts, with many of his ... (Sweetwater Fiction: Reintroductions)ISBN: 0472030833 Release Date: 2005-09-01 |
The Modern WriterASIN: B000W6QLLY Release Date: 1925 |
 | Dark LaughterISBN: 087140205X Release Date: 1970-03-01 |
 | Sherwood Anderson's notebook;ASIN: B00085D3NS Release Date: 1926 |
 | Tar: A Mid-West childhoodASIN: B0006EH8K0 Release Date: 1926 |
 | Hello Towns!ASIN: B000OYLCYU Release Date: 1929 |
 | Alice and the Lost NovelASIN: B000M1TEUE Release Date: 1929 |
Nearer the grass rootsISBN: 0848200837 Release Date: 1977 |
Perhaps WomenASIN: B000NP4DGE Release Date: 1931 |
Beyond desireASIN: B000KK1LDA Release Date: 1961 |
Death in the WoodsASIN: B000KZ7H2E Release Date: 1933 |
 | No SwankASIN: B000NOZJHM Release Date: 1934 |
Puzzled AmericaISBN: 0911858075 Release Date: 1970-06 |
Home TownISBN: 0911858113 Release Date: 1968-06 |
San Francisco at ChristmasASIN: B0007I3TOO Release Date: 1941 |
 | Lives of AnimalsISBN: 0871910071 Release Date: 1966-07 |
Return to Winesburg;: Selections from four years of writing for a country newspaperASIN: B0006BR9C0 Release Date: 1967 |
The Teller's Tales (Signature Series)ISBN: 091275608X Release Date: 1983-12 |
Literary Awards
In 1990, his name was engraved on the frieze of the Illinois State Library alongside other great Illinois literary figures.
External Links
Website: The Sherwood Anderson Collection, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Website: Classical Authors Directory: Sherwood Anderson
Website: Wikipedia entry for Sherwood Anderson
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