John Steinbeck
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Steinbeck in Sweden during his trip to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962
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| Born | John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. February 27, 1902 Salinas, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 20, 1968 (aged 66) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, war correspondent |
| Notable works |
Of Mice and Men (1937) The Grapes of Wrath (1939) East of Eden (1952) |
| Notable awards |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1940) Nobel Prize in Literature (1962) |
| Spouses |
Carol Henning (m. 1930; div. 1943) Gwyn Conger (m. 1943; div. 1948) Elaine Scott (m. 1950) |
| Children |
John Steinbeck IV (1946–1991) Thomas Steinbeck (1944–2016) |
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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Red Pony (1937). The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies.
The winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, he has been called "a giant of American letters". His works are widely read abroad and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in southern and central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.
Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was of German, English, and Irish descent. Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck (1828–1913), Steinbeck's paternal grandfather, shortened the family name to Steinbeck when he immigrated to the United States. The family farm in Heiligenhaus, Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is still named "Großsteinbeck."
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