John Dos Passos suna daidai ne don haka ba shi da ma'anar ƙamus. Duk da haka, John Dos Passos mawallafin marubucin Amurka ne, mawaki, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo, kuma mai zane wanda ya rayu daga 1896 zuwa 1970. Yana cikin "Lost Generation" na marubutan da suka tsufa a lokacin yakin duniya na daya kuma an san shi da gwaji da sababbin abubuwa. Salon rubutu, musamman a cikin “U.S.A. Trilogy,” wanda ya ƙunshi litattafan “The 42nd Parallel” (1930), “1919” (1932), da “The Big Money” (1936).