Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Theodore Dreiser Biography and Timeline

Follow Theodore Dreiser through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.

Theodore Dreiser, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1900–1951Years on this page

1900

Sister Carrie

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Sister Carrie"

1925

An American Tragedy

Arts / Literature

Publication of "An American Tragedy"

1951

A Place in the Sun

Arts / Cinema

A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play, also titled An American Tragedy, which was adapted by Patrick Kearney from the novel

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.