Theodore Dreiser

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human journalist naturalist writer novelist

Theodore Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist known for his naturalistic, unvarnished portrayals of urban life and social inequality in works such as "Sister Carrie" and "An American Tragedy."

Aliases (2)

Dreiser ×1
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → journalist → naturalist writer → novelist →
awardReceived	Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters →
causeOfDeath	heart failure →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1871-08-27 →
dateOfDeath	1945-12-28 →
educatedAt	Indiana University Bloomington →
familyName	Dreiser →
fieldOfWork	journalism → literature →
fullName	Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser →
genre	nonfiction → novel → short story →
givenName	Theodore →
influenced	James T. Farrell → Norman Mailer → Richard Wright →
influencedBy	Herbert Spencer → Honoré de Balzac → Émile Zola →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	literary naturalism →
notableWork	A Traveler at Forty → An American Tragedy → Dawn → Hey Rub-a-Dub-Dub → Jennie Gerhardt → Sister Carrie → The Financier → The Genius → The Stoic → The Titan → Twelve Men →
occupation	editor → journalist → novelist →
periodActive	early 20th century → late 19th century →
placeOfBirth	Terre Haute, Indiana, United States →
placeOfDeath	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States →
politicalAlignment	left-wing politics →
primaryTheme	American capitalism → determinism → social inequality → urban life →
religion	agnosticism →
sibling	Paul Dresser →
spouse	Sara White →
writingStyle	naturalistic → realist →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Theodore Dreiser ("Dreiser") →	familyName
Theodore Dreiser ("Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser") →	fullName
Émile Zola →	influenced