Upton Sinclair

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human journalist muckraker novelist political activist social reformer

Upton Sinclair was an American novelist and social reformer best known for his muckraking works like "The Jungle," which exposed industrial and social injustices in the early 20th century United States.

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Upton Sinclair canonical 32
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. 1

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social reformer ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
awardReceivedDate 1943 ⓘ
awardReceivedForWork Dragon's Teeth ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
child David Sinclair ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1878-09-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1968-11-25 ⓘ
educatedAt City College of New York ⓘ
familyName Sinclair ⓘ
fullName Upton Sinclair self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upton Beall Sinclair Jr.
genre investigative journalism ⓘ
muckraking ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
givenName Upton ⓘ
influenced American food safety regulation ⓘ
public perception of industrial capitalism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Progressive Era ⓘ
surface form: Progressivism

socialism ⓘ
notableCampaign End Poverty in California (EPIC) ⓘ
notableWork Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Dragon's Teeth ⓘ
Oil! ⓘ
The Brass Check ⓘ
The Flivver King ⓘ
The Jungle ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
periodActive early 20th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bound Brook, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States
politicalAlignment Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Socialist Party of America ⓘ
ranForOffice Governor of California ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Craig Kimbrough ⓘ
Meta Fuller ⓘ
subjectOf biographies about Upton Sinclair ⓘ

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