John Steinbeck was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). He wrote a total of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. In 1962, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature (Source).
John Steinbeck
Author details
- Aliases:
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John Ernst Steinbeck
- Born:
- Feb. 26, 1902
- Died:
- Dec. 19, 1968
External links
Books by John Steinbeck
The United States in Literature
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