JOHN STEINBECK

WHO WAS HE?

• Born in 1902/ Died in 1968
• From Salinas, California
• 3rd out of 4 children
• Only boy
• Family had just enough to get by with.

PERSONAL LIFE

• Married 3 times
• Attended Stanford University=dropped out
• Went to New York City to become a freelance writer=failure
• Barely scraped by
• Lived during the Great Depression, Civil War, and the U.S.-Vietnam War

PREVIOUS WORKS

• Tortilla Flat (1935)- started him off
• In Dubious Battle (1936)
• Of Mice and Men (1937)- major
• The Long Valley (1938)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1939)-major (considered best work)

PREVIOUS WORKS (CON.)

• East of Eden (1952)- major
• The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)
• Travels With Charley (1962)

WRITING STYLE

• At a young age, Steinbeck became fascinated with the land he lived on and how it affected people.
• Steinbeck was able to portray the average person's life during times of trial in California and across rural America.
• All of his stories occur in in California and focus on a hardship that was faced during the time he was writing.

AWARDS

• Pulitzer Prize
• Nobel Prize

SOURCES

• http://www.biography.com/people/john-steinbeck-9493358
• http://as.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/biography/index.jsp
• http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-...