Upton Sinclair
American writer (1878-1968) · United States · Writers · Died at 90
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Something wrong?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.
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Upton Sinclair early in his career
Upton Sinclair wearing a white suit and black armband, picketing the Rockefeller Building in New York City
Socialist Party campaign poster featuring Sinclair and Chaim Shapiro as candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of California, respectively, 1930
Sinclair on the cover of Time magazine, October 22, 1934
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Sinclair's grave in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Upton Sinclair selling the "Fig Leaf Edition" of his book Oil! (1927) in Boston. The book had drawn the ire of that town's infamous censors who objected to a brief sex scene that takes place in the novel.Awards
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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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