in court writing poetry and reading page proofs of his memoir, A Lantern for Jeremy. He was convicted and sentenced in 1953 to three years at Lewisburg Penitentiary, which he served between 1955 and 1957. Shortly before going to prison, he resigned from Political Affairs, complaining that the Party made decisions without him. Following his release, Jerome spent 1958 in Poland. After that he worked for two years in Moscow as an editor of a collection of Vladimir Lenin's works. He returned to the US and began writing a novel based on the life of Spinoza. Death He died in 1965, at the age of 68. Bibliography Leninism, the Only Marxism Today: A Discussion of the Characteristics of Declining Capitalism. With Alexander Bittelman. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1934. Social-Democracy and the War. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. Intellectuals and the War. New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. The Path Dimitroff Charted, New York, Workers Library Publishers, 1943. The Treatment of Defeated Germany. New York: New Century Publishers, 1945. A World "Christian Front"? What is Behind the Alliance between the Vatican and Finance Capital? The Anti-Social Ethics of Red-Baiters: A Reply to Clare Boothe Luce. New York: New Masses, 1947. Culture in a changing world, a Marxist approach. New York: New Century Publishers, 1947. The Negro in Hollywood Films. New York: Masses & Mainstream, 1950. Grasp the Weapon of Culture! New York: New Century Publishers, 1951. A Lantern for Jeremy: A Novel. New York: New Century Publishers, 1952. (Juvenile audience) The Paper Bridge: A Novel. New York: Citadel Press, 1966. References External links Victor Jeremy Jerome papers (MS 589). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. 1896 births 1965 deaths City College of New York alumni American communists Members of the Communist Party USA American Marxists Marxist writers 20th-century American novelists People convicted under the Smith Act Jewish socialists Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom British emigrants to the United States American people of Polish-Jewish descent Jewish American novelists American male novelists 20th-century American male writers