Sherwood Anderson(1876-1941): Sherwood Anderson was a very famous American writer.Born of a poor family in Camden,Ohio,he had to earn money to help the family from the time he was quite young.At 22,he fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War,and then worked writing advertisements in Chicago;later,he worked in a factory in Ohio.In 1913,he quit work,and devoted himself to writing.In 1919,he published his outstanding book of stories,Winesburg,Ohio.The book recounts the lives of people in a small town, isolated in their own lives from one another,and deprived of love and creativity. ◼ Sherwood Anderson(1876 – 1941): Sherwood Anderson was a very famous American writer. Born of a poor family in Camden, Ohio, he had to earn money to help the family from the time he was quite young. At 22, he fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and then worked writing advertisements in Chicago; later, he worked in a factory in Ohio. In 1913, he quit work, and devoted himself to writing. In 1919, he published his outstanding book of stories, Winesburg, Ohio. The book recounts the lives of people in a small town, isolated in their own lives from one another, and deprived of love and creativity