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Theodore Dreiser

1871 - 1945

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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (; 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Dreiser is the 622nd most popular writer (down from 594th in 2019), the 794th most popular biography from United States (down from 606th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Writer.

Theodore Dreiser is most famous for his novels Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy.

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Among writers, Theodore Dreiser ranks 622 out of 7,302. Before him are Harold Pinter, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Saint Naum, Louise de La Vallière, Raymond Queneau, and Han Kang. After him are Joan Fuster, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Francisco de Quevedo, Poliziano, Patricia Highsmith, and Franz Werfel.

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Among people born in 1871, Theodore Dreiser ranks 18. Before him are Albert Lebrun, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Lesya Ukrainka, Heinrich Mann, Ioannis Metaxas, and Elena of Montenegro. After him are Émile Borel, Georges Rouault, Maurice Garin, František Kupka, Giacomo Balla, and Stjepan Radić. Among people deceased in 1945, Theodore Dreiser ranks 52. Before him are Giovanni Agnelli, Odilo Globočnik, Karl Hanke, Yun Chi-ho, Robert Ritter von Greim, and Edgar Cayce. After him are Franz Werfel, Robert H. Goddard, Karl-Otto Koch, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, and Oskar Dirlewanger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Dreiser ranks 794 out of 20,380. Before him are Edgar Cayce (1877), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), Paul D. Boyer (1918), David Lee (1931), and James Woods (1947). After him are Benedict Arnold (1741), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Paul Cohen (1934), Alexander Calder (1898), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), and Nelson Rockefeller (1908).

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Among writers born in United States, Theodore Dreiser ranks 67. Before him are Sidney Sheldon (1917), Napoleon Hill (1883), Maya Angelou (1928), Washington Irving (1783), Bell hooks (1952), and Ellen G. White (1827). After him are Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Alvin Toffler (1928), and Thomas Friedman (1953).

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