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(1878-1968) Writer, novelist. Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878, and died in Bound Brook, New Jersey, in 1968. He is famous for his 1906 novel, “The Jungle.”

Full Name

Upton Sinclair

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline


1878

BIRTH

Upton Beall Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878.

1888

RESIDENCE

Sinclair moved with his family to the Bronx, New York, in 1888.

1897

OTHER

Sinclair graduated from City College of New York in 1897 and then studied at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

1901

LITWORK

Springtime and Harvest


Novel.

1906

LITWORK

The Jungle


Novel.

1911

LITWORK

Love's Pilgrimage


Autobiographical novel.

1914

OTHER

Sinclair moved to Croton On Hudson, New York, in 1914.

1917

LITWORK

King Coal


Novel.

1919

LITWORK

The Brass Check


Nonfiction.

1923

LITWORK

The Goose-Step


Nonfiction.

1927

LITWORK

Oil!


Novel.

1928

LITWORK

Boston


Novel.

1938

LITWORK

Little Steel


Novel.

1940

LITWORK

World's End


Novel.

1942

LITWORK

Dragon's Teeth


Novel, winner of a Pulitzer Prize.

1962

LITWORK

The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair


Autobiography.

1968

DEATH

Upton Sinclair died in Bound Brook, New Jersey, in 1968.

1968

INTERMENT

Upton Sinclair was interred at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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