John (Roderigo) Dos Passos

Dos Passos, John (Roderigo) (1896–1970), U.S. novelist and writer of social history. His trilogy, U.S.A. (1937), depicts 20th-century life up to 1929, making use of innovative, collage-like reportage techniques. Other works include Manhattan Transfer (1925), District of Columbia (a trilogy; 1952), and Midcentury (1961).