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Theodore Dreiser
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American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)
OverviewAI-generated
Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American male author whose professional career began in 1892. He is recognized for a body of work that includes *The Titan*, *An American Tragedy*, *Tragic America*, *Life, art and America*, and *Monologue to the maestro*. Open Library records indicate he has 338 works, while Crossref lists five.
Dreiser’s writings include the statements, “I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the disastrous beating of their wings,” and “Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.” He is referenced by 596 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 27 August 1871
- Died
- 28 December 1945
- Works
- 338
Top works
- Monologue to the maestro
- Life, art and America
- The Titan
- Tragic America
- An American Tragedy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1871-08-27
- Active to
- 1945-12-28
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 86
- Total plays
- 1,018
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Theodore+Dreiser">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,964x
- Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean
· 2015 · cited 10,995x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,004x
- A simulation study of the number of events per variable in logistic regression analysis
· 1996 · cited 7,669x
- 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative
· 2010 · cited 7,610x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Oh, the moon is fair tonight along the Wabash,From the fields there comes the breath of new-mown hay;Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleamingOn the banks of the Wabash, far away.”
- “I acknowledge the Furies. I believe in them. I have heard the disastrous beating of their wings.”
- “If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstance.”
- “Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.”
- “Liberalism, in the case of the Jew, means internationalism. If you listen to Jews discuss Jews, you will find they are money-minded, very sharp in practice. The Jews lack the fine integrity which at last is endorsed, and to a certain degree followed, by lawyers of other nationalities. The Jew has been in Germany for a thousand years, and he is still a Jew. He has been in America for all of 200 years, and he has not faded into a pure American by any means — and he will not.”
- “A man, a real man, must never be an agent, a tool, or a gambler—acting for himself or for others—he must employ such. A real man—a financier—was never a tool. He used tools. He created. He led.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Theodore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Terre Haute
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- editor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Movement
- naturalism
- Image
- Theodore Dreiser.jpg
- Residence
- Terre Haute
- Significant event
- Nazi book burnings
Show 13 more facts
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Theodore Dreiser
- date of birth
- 1871-00-00
- date of death
- 1945-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Theodore Dreiser
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- name in native language
- Theodore Dreiser
- start of work period
- 1892-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Fresca de la caña
- P12749
- Rudolph Goclenius
- Commons Creator page
- Theodore Dreiser
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Encyclopedic overview
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (/ˈdraɪsər, -zər/; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Dreiser's best-known novels include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925).
Early life
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