Authors, American
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Dos Passos library card application
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030134492]
Identifier: MS-0710
Abstract
John Dos Passos (1896-1970) was an American novelist and artist active in the first half of the twentieth century. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he went on to Harvard College, graduating in 1916. He was well-traveled, visiting Europe and the Middle East, where he learned about literature, art, and architecture. He is best known for his U.S.A. trilogy, which consists of the novels The 42nd Parallel (1930), 1919 (1932), and The Big Money (1936). In 1998, the Modern Library ranked the...
Dates:
1969 - 1970
Found in:
Special Collections
Richard Frary collection of 20th-century authors' materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0398
Abstract
The collection includes letters, manuscripts, photographs, and other material related to 20th-century authors, including John Dos Passos, the artist Rockwell Kent, Sinclair Lewis, James Joyce, Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris, Timothy Leary, and Carl Van Vechten, 1897-1990.
Dates:
1897-1990
Found in:
Special Collections