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Quipped New York Times critic Lewis Gannett, there is, in Sea of Cortez, more "of the whole man, John Steinbeck, than any of his novels": Steinbeck the keen observer of life, Steinbeck the scientist, the seeker of truth, the historian and journalist, the writer.
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John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas, California, a region that became the setting for much of his fiction. As a teenager, he spent his summers working as a hired hand on neighboring ranches, where his experiences of rural California and its people impressed him deeply.
About John Steinbeck. Here you will find articles that address key elements intersecting Steinbeck’s life and work: his friendship with biologist Ed Ricketts. reflections on what his novels offer to readers, philosophically and ecologically. background on The Grapes of Wrath.
Young Authors. Archives. Resources. Bibliography. Steinbeck Academic Conference. John Steinbeck Bio. John Steinbeck was born in Salinas in 1902 to a middle-class family living a few blocks from Salinas’ bustling Main Street. His father, John Ernst Sr., worked as a manager in the local flour mill.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968) HAS BEEN CALLED THE CONSCIENCE OF AMERICA. He wrote more than thirty books, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath , and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and the United States Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Jun 18, 2003 · 1944: Steinbeck buys a house in Monterey but because of scandal following The Grapes of Wrath, his hometown rejects him; no one would rent him an office for writing. He is harassed when trying to get fuel and wood from a local wartime rations board. Feeling spurned, he moves his family to New York.
