Donaldson, Will, 1891-1954

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Birth 1891
Death 1954

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Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, on August 27, 1871; briefly attended the University of Indiana; held a succession of newspaper and magazine jobs in Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and New York; awarded the Merit Medal for fiction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1944; publications include: Sister Carrie (1900), Jennie Gerhardt (1911), The financier (1912), The titan (1914), Twelve men (1919), and An American tragedy (1925); after 1925, he ventured into social commentary and political analysis, joining the Communist Party shortly before his death; died in Hollywood, California, on December 28, 1945.

From the guide to the Will Donaldson Collection of Material by Theodore Dreiser and Dreiseriana, 1922-1932, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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