John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature for his realistic and imaginative writing combining sympathetic humor with keen social perception, and has been called a giant of American letters. Over his career he wrote 33 books including 16 novels, among them the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multigenerational epic East of Eden (1952), and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937); The Grapes of Wrath (1939) won the Pulitzer Prize and is considered his masterpiece, selling 14 million copies by its 75th anniversary. Much of his work is set in his native central California, particularly the Salinas Valley, and explores themes of fate and injustice as they bear on downtrodden or everyman protagonists. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist.
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John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist who won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature for his realistic and imaginative writing combining sympathetic humor with keen social perception, and has been called a giant of American letters.
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John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: Nobel Prize in Literature
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: Presidential Medal of Freedom
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: National Book Award for Fiction
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: California Hall of Fame
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: King Haakon VII Freedom Cross
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Award: Bancarella Selection Prize
John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902, December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
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Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck.
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The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.
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