Robert S. Cantwell

Robert S. Cantwell was an American novelist, critic, biographer, and editor associated with proletarian realism and left-wing literary circles in the 1930s. He is best known for novels such as *Laugh and Lie Down* and *The Land of Plenty*, and later worked as an editor at *Time* and *Newsweek*.

Little Falls, Washington, USA Jan 31, 1908 Wikipedia
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