Dos Passos

American  

[dohs pas-ohs] / doʊs ˈpæs oʊs /

noun

1. John (Roderigo) 1896–1970, U.S. novelist.

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Dos Passos British  

/ ˈdɒs ˈpæsɒs /

noun

1. John ( Roderigo ). 1896–1970, US novelist of the Lost Generation; author of Three Soldiers (1921), Manhattan Transfer (1925), and the trilogy USA. (1930–36)

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Example Sentences

In the decades that followed, in his complementary positions as book critic and editor, Cowley worked tirelessly to legitimize the innovative writing of Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Hart Crane, E.E.

From The Wall Street Journal

The frenemies Ernest Hemingway and John Dos Passos did write the screenplay, as Silverman relates.

From New York Times

She read modernist poetry; he favored the laborious historical-realist fiction deemed acceptable by the socialist left: John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, Howard Fast.

From Salon

She ran in the same circles as John Dos Passos, Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway — who, she said, had called her “his favorite living writer” — but success eluded her in her lifetime.

From New York Times

“Continental Drift,” which brought Mr. Banks the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, was regarded as his first major work, although he had previously published several novels and short story collections.

From Washington Post