Winesburg, Ohio

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) was an American short story writer and novelist. He was raised in the small town of Clyde, Ohio, served in the Spanish-American War, and managed a paint factory before abandoning his job and his wife to strike out for Chicago and a life as a writer. Part of a literary circle that included Theodore Dreiser and Carl Sandburg, Anderson was forty before his first novel, Windy McPherson's Son, was published in 1916. Winesburg, Ohio, his masterpiece, appeared in 1919. His other novels include Poor White (1920) and Dark Laughter (1925), but his short story collections were more successful. Two of his best are The Triumph of the Egg (1921) and Horses and Men (1923). After moving to Marion, Virginia, in 1927, he owned and edited two newspapers. He died in Panama during a trip to South America.Anderson, Sherwood is the author of 'Winesburg, Ohio', published 1993 under ISBN 9780451525697 and ISBN 0451525698.