John Roderigo Dos Passos (/ d ɒ s ˈ p æ s ə s,-s ɒ s /; [1] [2] January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. Born in Chicago, Dos Passos graduated from Harvard College in 1916.

Jan 10, 2025 · John Dos Passos was an American writer, one of the major novelists of the post-World War I “lost generation.” His reputation as a social historian and as a radical critic of the quality of American life rests primarily on his trilogy U.S.A.

The U.S.A. trilogy is a series of three novels by American writer John Dos Passos, comprising the novels The 42nd Parallel , Nineteen Nineteen and The Big Money . The books were first published together in a volume titled U.S.A. by Modern Library in 1937.

Dec 22, 2021 · John Dos Passos was a novelist, poet, critic, and painter whose mother was born in Virginia. He came of age traveling through Europe and, after graduating from Harvard University in 1916, served as an ambulance driver during World War I (1914–1918).

Oct 20, 2017 · Drawing on his experiences while serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, John Dos Passos produced in the novel Three Soldiers a disillusioned view of the war and the military that established him as an important voice of a new American literary generation.

John Roderigo Dos Passos (b.1896, d.1970) was a writer, painter, and political activist. He wrote over forty books, including plays, poetry, novels, biographies, histories, and memoirs. He crafted over four hundred drawings, watercolors, and other artworks.

John Roderigo Dos Passos, son of John Randolph Dos Passos, was an American novelist and artist. He received a first-class education at The Choate School, in Connecticut, in 1907, under the name John Roderigo Madison.

John Rodrigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 — September 28, 1970) was an important twentieth-century American novelist and artist. He was both a social and artistic revolutionary, supporting socialist causes while helping to redefine narrative fictional techniques.

John Dos Passos's innovative narrative style and incisive social commentary have left a lasting legacy in American literature. His novels continue to be read and studied as seminal works that explore the complexities of the modern world.

Following graduation in 1916, Dos Passos was an ambulance driver in France and Italy during the bombings and shellings of World War I, beginning a long relationship with fellow driver, Ernest Hemingway.