He was also a political activist and a leader in the Socialist Party.
Upton Sinclair was a Novelist born in Baltimore in September 20, 1878. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Jungle, which exposed the unsanitary conditions and torturous treatment of workers in the meat-packing industry. He also wrote the Lanny Budd and Sylvia novels and was a political activist and leader in the Socialist Party. His net worth and salary are unknown.
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Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Jungle, a muckraking work that exposed the unsanitary conditions and torturous treatment of workers in the meat-packing industry. His other literary works include the Lanny Budd and Sylvia novels.
Before Fame
He entered City College of New York shortly before his fourteenth birthday and penned magazine articles to pay for his tuition. He later studied law at Columbia University before working undercover in Chicago's meat-packing industry.
Trivia
His 1927 work, Oil!, was adapted into the screenplay for There Will Be Blood. The film starred actors Daniel Day-Lewis.
Family Life
He had a son, David, with his first wife, Meta Fuller. He was married two more times: to Mary Craig Kimbrough (for nearly forty years) and to Mary Elizabeth Willis (for less than a decade).
Associated With
He once worked with silent film star, Charlie Chaplin.
