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The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose he thinks no more of art for art's sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art.

Upton Sinclair

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Upton Sinclair
Age: 90 †
Born: 1878
Born: September 20
Died: 1968
Died: November 25
Author
Dietitian
Film Producer
Journalist
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Baltimore
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Upton Beall Sinclair
Clarke Fitch
Frederick Garrison
Arthur Stirling
Upton Sinclair Jr.
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Ship
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Ashore
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