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John Ernst Steinbeck (/ ˈ s t aɪ n b ɛ k / STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception".
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was John Steinbeck? John Steinbeck was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist and the author of Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden.
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Born: February 27, 1902. Salinas, California. Died: December 20, 1968. New York, New York. American writer. John Steinbeck, American author and winner of the Nobel Prize in 1962, was a leading writer of novels about the working class and was a major spokesman for the victims of the Great Depression (a downturn in the American system of ...
John Steinbeck was born in the farming town of Salinas, California on 27 February 1902. His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, was not a terribly successful man; at one time or another he was the manager of a Sperry flour plant, the owner of a feed and grain store, the treasurer of Monterey County.
Sep 3, 2008 · John Ernst Steinbeck's Biography. (1902–1968) Photo: Sonya Noskowiak, courtesy Arthur Noskowiak. What makes John Steinbeck so fascinating? His quirky personality? His unique world view? His powerful understanding of the American spirit? The broad range of his work in fiction, nonfiction, drama and film?
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 was awarded to John Steinbeck "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"