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Upton Sinclair

American writer (1878–1968)

  • Fame58.7
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia26.5K
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Lived 1878–1968, aged 90United States
United StatesUnited StatesWritersWriter / Author
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    56 languages
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  • Era
    1878–1968
    Aged 90
  • Known for
    There Will Be Blood
    2007
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Updated 2026-06-19

Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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