Theodore Dreiser | |
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 Theodore Dreiser, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 | |
| Born | Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser August 27, 1871 Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | December 28, 1945 (aged 74) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Movement | Social realism, naturalism |
| Spouses | Sara Osborne White
(m. 1898; sep. 1909)Helen Patges Richardson
(m. 1944) |
| Relatives | Paul Dresser (brother) |
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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (/ˈdraɪsər, -zər/;[1] 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.[2] Dreiser's best known novels include Sister Carrie (1900) and An American Tragedy (1925).