john steinbeck

     

John Steinbeck (February 27, 1902—December 20, 1968) was one of the best-known an most widely read American writers of the 20th century. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939 and the novel Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. In all, he wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Trivia about john steinbeck

  • In June 1998 a museum dedicated to this author opened in Salinas, California
  • In 1936 the San Francisco News sent this man to investigate living conditions among migrant workers
  • A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962
  • Their 1955 show, "Pipe Dream", about the people of Cannery Row, was based on this author's "Sweet Thursday"
  • The author who wrote "Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink"
  • Shortly after "The Grapes of Wrath" was published, he embarked on an expedition to Mexico
  • He was born in Salinas, California; his father was treasurer of Monterey County
  • A steenbok is a grassland antelope; this is the man who wrote "Tortilla Flat"
  • He wrote of a cross-country trek with a poodle in "Travels with Charley"
  • This author of the 1950 novel "Burning Bright" felt the wrath of grapes
  • This native of Salinas adapted his play "The Moon is Down" from his own novel of the same name
  • The pirate hero of his first novel, "Cup of Gold", is a far cry from Tom Joad
  • Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
  • It's said that Doc in his novel "Cannery Row" is based on a marine biologist with whom he'd written a book
  • "The Pastures Of Heaven" is his collection of stories about the people of a farm community of Salinas
  • He described the setting of "Cannery Row" as "A poem, a stink...a habit, a nostalgia, a dream"
  • In a 1947 novelette, he told of a great pearl, how it was found & how it was lost again
  • "The Winter of Our Discontent","The Moon is Down"
  • Elia Kazan directed this author's script of "Viva Zapata!", but had someone else adapt his "East Of Eden"
  • "Travels with Charley"
  • "Working Days" is a compilation of the journals he kept while writing "The Grapes of Wrath"
  • Ethan Hawley, descendant of whaling captains, is the protagonist of this author's "The Winter of Our Discontent"
  • For this cover photo, Gary grew a goatee to look more like this author, seen here:
  • This California novelist's 1st book was "Cup of Gold", a fictionalized account of Sir Henry Morgan
  • This author's character Lennie is stroking the hair of Curley's wife when things go wrong
  • "The Salinas Valley" was the original title of this man's 1952 novel "East of Eden"
  • This Californian's last work was 1976's "The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights"
  • ...the book by this author that ends, "And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared"
  • He led a marine biology expedition to Baja California & later wrote about it in "The Sea of Cortez"
  • The musical "Pipe Dream" was set in Cannery Row & based on this author's novel "Sweet Thursday"
  • One of his sons, John IV, wrote the memoir "The Other Side Of Eden"

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