On This Day refusal

LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
Tue May 6 10:57:40 CDT 1997


Henry informs us:
"In 1926,  author Sinclair Lewis turned down the Pulitzer Prize for 
his novel, "Arrowsmith." His  reason: "All prizes, like all titles,
are dangerous""


Yeah, but he did take the Nobel!  (First American to do so!)

I wonder if TRP would--and what would his speech be like?

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)



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