Upton Sinclair

American realist novelist

Upton Sinclair, an American writer, American Realism A novelist. "Muckraker" writers. In 1906, he published The Jungle, describing the oppression of workers by large enterprises and Chicago Slaughterhouse The unsanitary situation of Food Hygiene Inspection method. Later, he wrote 11 novels with Lanny Bader, the anti fascist hero, as the hero, reflecting the major events since 1914. He has written more than 80 novels and social studies in his life.

Chinese name: Upton Sinclair
Foreign name: Upton Sinclair
Nationality: U.S.A
Ethnic groups: America

one's native heath: U.S.A Maryland Baltimore
date of birth: September 20, 1878
Date of death: November 25, 1968
Occupation: Writer and social activist
Representative works: slaughterhouse

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Born on September 20, 1878 Maryland Of Baltimore City. His ancestors were noble families. When his father passed it on, his family was in a state of decline. Father earns a meager income by selling wine. Then the family moved to New York. He worked and studied at the same time City College of New York and Columbia University Read books. At the age of 15, he began to write articles for some popular publications Contribution fee Subsistence; Attended in 1902 Socialist Party USA ； Once on Chicago And wrote a full-length novel The Jungle (1906). Reveal Chicago Meat processing plant Abominable working conditions , description Lithuania The tragic experience of the immigrant Jorgis Ludcus family after they settled in the United States. Jorgis's father died of illness from overwork. Jorgis was injured at work and lost his job. His wife was raped by the foreman. He beat the foreman for revenge, but was arrested and sent to prison. Wife and son after release from prison All have When he died, he was alone and wandered around. Later socialist Only with education and help can we see the light. After the publication of Slaughterhouse, there was strong reaction from all sides, and it was soon translated into more than ten languages. As it is written in the book, the butcher is mercenary and treats rotten and smelly meat as good meat for canning, U.S. government Forced to pass some related Food Hygiene Act. "The Slaughterhouse" is the American literary and art circles in the early 20th century“ The campaign to expose the dark ”After it, many works appeared in succession, which boldly exposed the problems in all aspects of the United States.

In the 30 years after 1906, Sinclair continued to create novels that exposed the dark side of society, among which the more important ones were description Colorado The Coal King (1917), which attacked the monopoly capitalist, and the Oil (1927), which was adapted into the film Black Gold Enterprise, revealed that Political corruption Boston (1928) and police brutality.

Besides writing, Sinclair also actively participated in political activities. He promoted the establishment of the "Industrial Democracy Alliance". He supports "the United States Citizenship Alliance "for freedom of speech. In 1934, he proposed that "the end California As the slogan of the Democratic Party of the United States Candidates run for governor; Boarded the Time Weekly Cover.

Since 1940, Sinclair has written 11 novels with "The End of the World" as the general theme, describing them twice World War The social situation between the United States and European countries, in which Dragon's Teeth (1942) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 。 His autobiography was published in 1962. Done in the United States on November 25, 1968 New Jersey Death.

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Upton Sinclair (5 sheets)

Sinclair is famous for his novels of "exposing the dark". His novels of exposing the darkness of society, such as Slaughterhouse and Oil, are excellent works in modern America Literary history It occupies a certain position. Most of his novels belong to News report Works of nature, publicity Social reform , literary fluency, but Character description Generalization, lack of artistic characteristics ^[1] 。

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slaughterhouse
Author name Upton Sinclair
Work time 2010-1
More than a hundred years ago, the American writer Upton Sinclair wrote a book that shocked the United States. Upton Sinclair, like Xia Yan, his Chinese counterpart, went to the slaughterhouse to "hide" for seven weeks, and truthfully recorded all the terrible facts, which directly triggered the strong reaction of the American public to food safety and health, and finally shocked the American government, and directly promoted the Pure Food and Drug Administration Act The passage of the United States Food and Drug Administration and the

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