On This Day refusal

Ken Jones kjones at teleport.com
Tue May 6 10:37:42 CDT 1997


At 09:57 AM 5/6/97 -0600, Don Larsson wrote:
>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?

And what would the Swedes make of Prof. Irwin Corey?

Ken Jones
Samsara, Inc.




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