BiosStars
Home Calendar Groups About Contact

Theodore Dreiser

Novelist born on

Detailed Information

Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Novelist
Died
Dec 28, 1945
Zodiac
Virgo
Born in
Terre Haute IN
About
An American fiction author and journalist who belonged to the naturalist school, he is best known for works such as An American Tragedy (1925) and Sister Carrie (1900). A political activist and prominent socialist, he also wrote several politically-themed non-fiction works, including Dreiser Looks at Russia (1928) and America Is Worth Saving (1941).
Family
He was one of ten children born to an impoverished family in Terre Haute, Indiana. In 1898, he married Sara White.

More Novelist

More Virgo