Pulitzer Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (1943) Winner
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr.
アプトン・ビール・シンクラー・ジュニア
Aputon Bīru Shinkurā Junia
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1878-09-20 （Baltimore, Maryland）
- Died
- 1968-11-25 （Bound Brook, New Jersey） age 90
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, Spanish, German, French
- Religion
- Episcopalian
- Residence History
- Baltimore, Maryland → Queens, New York City → Pasadena, California → Monrovia, California → Long Beach, California
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Journalist, Political Activist, Politician
- Active Years
- 1897-1968
- Affiliations
- ACLU Southern California Chapter
- Memberships
- Socialist Party of America (1902-1934), Democratic Party (1934-1968)
- Influenced By
- Jack London
- Influenced
- 20th-century socialist movements
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City College of New York | — | Literature | BA | 1892-1897 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | Law | — | 1897頃 | United States |
City College of New York
Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1892-1897
Year of Graduation:
1897
Country:
United States
Paid tuition by writing
Columbia University
Law
Period:
1897頃
Country:
United States
Left without degree to focus on writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | Dragon's Teeth | Fiction | Columbia University | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1943
Work:
Dragon's Teeth
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1943) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Jungle
1906 Muckraking FictionExposes horrific conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry and the struggles of immigrant workers.
Capitalism critiqueWorker exploitationImmigration
Adaptations
- [Film] The Jungle / 不明 (1914)
Oil!
1927 Muckraking FictionDepicts corruption in the oil industry and labor issues.
Oil industryCapitalismEnvironmental destruction
Adaptations
- [Film] There Will Be Blood / Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
Dragon's Teeth
1942 Historical FictionThird in Lanny Budd series, depicting the rise of Nazi Germany.
FascismWarPolitics
Bibliography
- Nearly 100 books listed in Wikipedia
Adaptations
- Oil! adapted as There Will Be Blood
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Social realismMuckrakingNaturalism
- Recurring Motifs
- Critique of capitalismWorking-class strugglesSocial reform
Health
-
Vegetarianism and fasting experiments生涯Practiced for health, wrote books on it
Legacy
Influential muckraker who critiqued American society; The Jungle led to food laws. Pulitzer winner.
Museums
- Upton Sinclair House Monrovia, California
Archives
- Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas
In Popular Culture
- Featured in film Mank
Quotes
-
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Source: I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked (1935)
Trivia
- Cousin of Wallis Simpson
- Learned multiple languages at Columbia
- Founded Helicon Home Colony, destroyed by fire