15. Author, author! This author's works were so badly received by the public that he was considered nothing more than a pornographer, yet in his obituary the author E.M. Forster wrote that he was "the greatest imaginative novelist of our generation."
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D. H. Lawrence
David Herbert Richards Lawrence, born in 1885, wrote extensively and with more openness than was considered proper in his day. His works included "Lady Chatterley's Lover", "Women in Love" and "Sons and Lovers". He died in 1930 in Venice, Italy.
Thomas Edward Lawrence, the man known to history as "Lawrence of Arabia", was born in Wales in 1888. At the age of 21 he undertook a walking tour of Crusader castles in Syria, then took up archaeology. He joined the British Army shortly after the outbreak of World War I, where his knowledge of the Middle East was invaluable in defeating the Ottoman Empire. During his life he authored two works, "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" and "The Mint" (his book "Revolt in the Desert" was an abridged version of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom") and translated two other works. He died at the age of 46 from injuries from a motorcycle accident.
Matthew Lewis was born in 1775 in London. His best known work was "The Monk", a gothic horror novel which caused such consternation that he had to reissue it with the worst bits removed. Other works included "Journal of a West Indian Proprietor", published after his death, some stage works and translations. He was the Member of Parliament for Hindon, but apparently was not particularly adept at politics; in his entire career as an MP, he did not once address the House of Commons! He died in 1818 of a fever acquired while in the tropics.
Harry Sinclair Lewis, born 1885 in Minnesota, was an American author and the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works include "Babbitt", "Main Street", "Elmer Gantry" and "Arrowsmith" (which won a Pulitzer Prize). An alcoholic, he died in 1951.