JOHN STEINBECK BIOGRAPHY

EARLY YEARS (1902-1925)

• Born on february 27, 1902
• In Salinas, California
• Decided to become a writer at age 14
• Enrolled to Stanford in 1919
• Dropped out of college in 1925

EARLY CAREER (1929-1934)

• Became a freelance writer
• Moved to Ny and became a newspaper writer
• Moved back to ca to become a caretaker
• WRote his first novel: The cup of gold (1929)
• Met and married his first wife Carol henning

EARLY CAREER 1929-1934 (CONT.)

• 1932 wrote: the pastures of heaven
• 1933 wrote: to a god unknown

1935-1939

• 1935 wrote: tortilla flat
• 1936 wrote: in dubious battle
• 1937 wrote: of mice and men
• 1939 wrote: the grapes of wrath

WAR YEARS 1943-1945

• Married gwyn conger
• Hired by new york herold tribune
• Went to report the war
• Went to england and north Africa
• Wrote book about war: once there was war

LATE CAREER

• Married elaine scott
• East of eden: about family history
• Went to england to translate "le morte d'arthur
• Wrote "travels with charley": road across america
• Mixed reveiws on last book "the winter of our discontent"

LATE CAREER (CONT.)

• 1962 won nobel peace prize for literature
• Very supportive of vietnam war
• DIed on december 20, 1968

Work cited page

"National Steinbeck Center." John Steinbeck Biography ::. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.
Website
"John Steinbeck Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2015.