John Ernst Steinbeck III was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. He sought to work his way through school at Stanford University; he never graduated.
Recognition of Steinbeck began with his novel Tortilla Flat in 1935, and only continued with such acclaimed works as Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, and East of Eden.
His novels dealt with social issues such as rural labor, and are written with a touch of ironic humor.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, and on December 20, 1968, he passed away in New York.
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For more specific biographical information, please see the links list provided below.
Biography Sources
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- The National Steinbeck Center - Biography
- Moderate-length biography.
- Nobel Prize (.org)
- Brief biography
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia article on John Steinbeck.
- Answers (.com)
- Biographies and timelines.
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- Biography.
"We find that after years of struggle we do not take a journey, but rather a journey takes us."~ Travels with Charley
Published Works
in chronological order
- Cup of Gold
~ 1929
- The Pastures of Heaven
- The Red Pony
- To A God Unknown
- Tortilla Flat
- In Dubious Battle
- Of Mice and Men
- The Long Valley
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Forgotten Village
- Sea of Cortez
- The Moon is Down
- Bombs Away
- Cannery Row
- The Pearl
- The Wayward Bus
- A Russian Journal
- Burning Bright
- Log from the Sea of Cortez
- East of Eden
- Sweet Thursday
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV
- Once There Was a War
- Winter of Our Discontent
- Travels with Charley: In Search of America
- America and Americans
- Journal of a Novel
- Viva Zapata
- The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
- Working Days: The Journal of The Grapes of Wrath
- The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath
- The National Steinbeck Center
- Visit the National Steinbeck Center to experience a journey through John Steinbeck's world, where literature jumps off the printed page and into your imagination.
The site also provides a lot of details about Steinbeck and his works. - The Paris Review
- Download an interview with Steinbeck
- Steinbeck Quotes
- 39 grand quotes by the man himself.
"When a man comes to die, no matter what his talents and influence, and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and dying a cold horror. It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world."~ East of Eden
Steinbeck on Amazon
East of Eden
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The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition)
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Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
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The Winter of Our Discontent (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
Amazon Price: $8.00 (as of 01/08/2010)
Biographies
Steinbeck: A Life in Letters
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John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography
Amazon Price: $25.55 (as of 01/08/2010)
The Other Side of Eden: Life With John Steinbeck
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A John Steinbeck Encyclopedia
Amazon Price: $91.25 (as of 01/08/2010)
John Steinbeck (Classic Storytellers)
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Steinbeck Audio Books
Of Mice and Men (Classics on CD)
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 01/08/2010)
The Grapes of Wrath (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections)
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 01/08/2010)
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Of Mice and Men [UNABRIDGED]
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Pearl (Classics on Cassette)
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Of Mice and Men (Classics on Cassette)
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Movies
flicks based on the works of steinbeck
East of Eden (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Amazon Price: $25.99 (as of 01/08/2010)
Viva Zapata!
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Of Mice and Men
Amazon Price: $9.98 (as of 01/08/2010)
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