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An English habitational surname derived from Sherwood Forest
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United States playwright (1896-1955)

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Sherwood Forest
a country park in Nottinghamshire, England
Sherwood Anderson
a US writer who wrote Winesburg, Ohio (1919), a collection of short stories about the loneliness and dissatisfactions of life in a small town (1876-1941). born Sept. 13, 1876, Camden, Ohio, U.S. died March 8, 1941, Colon, Pan. U.S. author. Anderson was irregularly schooled. Having married, he abruptly left his family and business career to become a writer in Chicago. Winesburg, Ohio (1919), a collection of interrelated sketches and tales about the obscure lives of the citizens of a small town, was his first mature book and made his reputation. His short stories were collected in The Triumph of the Egg (1921), Horses and Men (1923), and Death in the Woods (1933). His prose style, based on everyday speech and influenced by the experimental writing of Gertrude Stein, in turn influenced such writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner
Sherwood Forest
A former royal forest of central England famed as the site of the legendary exploits of Robin Hood and his followers. a forest in central England, mainly in Nottinghamshire, which is famous as the place where Robin Hood lived in old English stories. Woodland, Nottinghamshire, England. A former royal hunting ground that is known for its association with the legendary Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest formerly occupied almost all of western Nottinghamshire and extended into Derbyshire. Today a reduced area of woodland remains between Nottingham and Worksop
sherwood forest
an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band
Robert E Sherwood
born April 4, 1896, New Rochelle, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 14, 1955, New York, N.Y. U.S. playwright. Sherwood was a magazine editor in New York City and a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the centre of a New York literary coterie. He examined the pointlessness of war in his first play, The Road to Rome (1927). Idiot's Delight (1936), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), and There Shall Be No Night (1940) won Pulitzer prizes. In 1938 he cofounded the Playwrights' Company, which became a major producing company. During World War II he wrote speeches for Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt and headed the overseas branch of the Office of War Information (1941-44). His book Roosevelt and Hopkins (1948) won a Pulitzer Prize. Many of his plays were adapted for film; his original screenplays include The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, Academy Award)
Robert Emmet Sherwood
born April 4, 1896, New Rochelle, N.Y., U.S. died Nov. 14, 1955, New York, N.Y. U.S. playwright. Sherwood was a magazine editor in New York City and a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the centre of a New York literary coterie. He examined the pointlessness of war in his first play, The Road to Rome (1927). Idiot's Delight (1936), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938), and There Shall Be No Night (1940) won Pulitzer prizes. In 1938 he cofounded the Playwrights' Company, which became a major producing company. During World War II he wrote speeches for Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt and headed the overseas branch of the Office of War Information (1941-44). His book Roosevelt and Hopkins (1948) won a Pulitzer Prize. Many of his plays were adapted for film; his original screenplays include The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, Academy Award)
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