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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Label	Occurrences
John Dos Passos canonical	12
John Dos Passos bibliography	1

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Predicate	Object
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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Lost Generation → hasNotableMember → John Dos Passos ⓘ

John Dos Passos → name → John Dos Passos self-link ⓘ

Cesare Pavese → influencedBy → John Dos Passos ⓘ

Jazz Age literature → hasNotableAuthor → John Dos Passos ⓘ

U.S.A. trilogy → author → John Dos Passos ⓘ

The 42nd Parallel → author → John Dos Passos ⓘ

The Big Money → author → John Dos Passos ⓘ

Manhattan Transfer → author → John Dos Passos ⓘ

Three Soldiers → author → John Dos Passos ⓘ

Three Soldiers → partOf → John Dos Passos ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Dos Passos bibliography

One Man's Initiation: 1917 → author → John Dos Passos ⓘ

Katharine Smith Dos Passos → spouse → John Dos Passos ⓘ

Katharine Smith Dos Passos → associatedWith → John Dos Passos ⓘ