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John Dos Passos

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The Resume

    (January 14, 1896-September 28, 1970)
    Born in Chicago, Illinois
    Best known for the 'USA' trilogy: 'The 42nd Parallel' (1930), '1919' (1932) and 'The Big Money' (1936)
    Also wrote 'Three Soldiers' (1921), 'Manhattan Transfer' (1925), 'District of Columbia' (1939-49) and 'The Men Who Made the Nation' (1957)

Why he might be annoying:

    He went from being a socialist revolutionary to a backer of Joseph McCarthy.
    Ernest Hemingway called him 'the pilot fish' for bringing his rich friends to Hemingway's favorite hangouts in Paris.
    His non-linear steam-of-consciousness technique can make his novels hard to follow.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He volunteered as an ambulance driver in World War I.
    An auto accident killed his wife Katherine and cost him the sight in one eye (1947).
    Jean-Paul Sartre called him 'the greatest writer of our time.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 57.89% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 52 Votes: 44.23% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying