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Henry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) did not work for the Federal Writers' Project. His reputation as an American novelist was already well-established in the 1920s with the publication of masterpieces such as Main Street and Babbitt. In 1930 he had also become the first American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

There was a New Deal connection, however. In 1936, the Federal Theater Project produced a stage version of his novel It Can't Happen Here. The FTP staged a nationwide, simultaneous opening of 22 productions in 18 cities. Lewis had chosen the FTP over Broadway to produce the stage version because of the national attention he knew it would receive. The novel (and play) have an interesting plot. It tells the story of "Buzz" Windrip, a fascist politician who is elected President of the United States.