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Name:
Sherwood
Anderson
Born: September 13,
1876
Died: March 8, 1941
Birth
place:
Camden, Ohio, United
States
Occupation: Writer

Name: Jose Garcia

Villa
Born: August 5, 1908
Died:
February
7,
1997
Birth place: Manila's
Singalong
district
Pen Name: Doveglion
Occupation:
Poet,
critic,
lecturer

Educational
Background
Sherwood
had
no
formal education after
the
age
of
14,
although
he
did
attend
Wittenberg
College for a short
time.

Achievement
s
and
Awards
In 1921, he won a Dial
writing
prize
of
$2,000, launched a
successful
lecture
career

Writing Style
Sherwood Anderson is
known
for
his
narrative
style
of
writing. He rarely uses
dialogue in his prose.
He
also
depicts
profoundly from his
personal experiences
and
incorporates
them into his literary
works.
The use of the
narrator as the main
player of his stories
lets
for
an
allencompassing view of
the story. He also
writes
simply
and
clearly.

Educational
Background
He graduated from
the University of the
Philippines Integrated
School.
He went to University
of the Philippines High
School in 1925.
He enrolled on a PreMedical course in the
University
of
the
Philippines at first, but
then shifted to a prelaw course. But he
realized that his true
passion was in the
field of arts.
He
finished
Bachelor
of
degree
in

the
Arts
the

University
Mexico.

of

New

He then pursued postgraduate

work
at
Columbia University.

writer
Conrad
Aiken
UP
Golden
Jubilee
Literary
Contests
(First
Prize)
Pro Patria Award
Heritage Award
Best Short Story
of the Year from
Philippines Free
Press

sign of a true poet. All

other verse, without
this appeal, is just
verse.

Achievement
s
and
Awards
He
received
the
following awards:
Shelley Memorial
and Rockefeller
awards(1932)
Philippine
National
Artist(1973)
Academy Award
for Literature
Guggenheim
Fellowship
in
Creative Writing
by
American

Writing style
According to Villa,
"Poetry should evoke
an
emotional
response. The poet
has a breathlessness
in
him
that
he
converts
into
a
breathlessness
of
words, which in turn
becomes
the
breathlessness of the
reader. This is the

INFLUENCES,
IMPACT AND
SIMILARITIES
of Sherwood Anderson
to Jose Garcia Villa

Villa
first
tried
painting, but then
turned into creative
writing
after
reading Winesburg,
Ohio by Sherwood
Anderson.

This book exercised

him
a
remarkable
change
in
perspective, as well
as
better
understanding
of
narrative technique
the
style
which
Anderson
is
wellknown for. He even
told his students that
real
poetry
is
"contaminated
by
narrative
elements"
and is "written with
words, not ideas".
In his book entitled
Footnote to Youth
which was published
by Scriblers in New
York, in 1933, critic
Edward R. OBrien
calls attention to the
nature of Andersons
influence on Villas
writing specifically in
its first volume.
Anderson and Villa
use everyday speech
in their literary works
as evident in most of
Andersons prose, and
Villas poems such as
When I Was No
Bigger Than A Huge
and Lyric 17.

Both of them also

valued
emotional
appeal in their works
greatly.
Andersons
Winesburg,
Ohio
and Villas And If The
Heart Can Not Love
are works that exhibit
vast
amount
of
emotional appeal to
its readers.