John Dos Passos

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artist essayist human journalist novelist playwright writer

John Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist best known for his innovative, socially critical U.S.A. trilogy, which portrayed early 20th-century American life through experimental narrative techniques.

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instanceOf artist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-01-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-09-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Choate Rosemary Hall ⓘ
surface form: Choate School

Harvard University ⓘ
employer United States Medical Department (Army) ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army Medical Corps
familyName Dos Passos ⓘ
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
novel ⓘ
genre modernist fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme social criticism of early 20th-century American life ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
name John Dos Passos self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableFor U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ
notableWork 1919 ⓘ
Manhattan Transfer ⓘ
One Man's Initiation: 1917 ⓘ
The 42nd Parallel ⓘ
The Big Money ⓘ
Three Soldiers ⓘ
U.S.A. trilogy ⓘ
participantIn Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
placeOfBirth City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Illinois ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Baltimore ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Holdridge ⓘ
Katharine Smith Dos Passos ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
writingStyle experimental narrative techniques ⓘ

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