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John Steinbeck

Also known as John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr., John Ernst Steinbeck, John Ernest Steinbeck, John Ernst Steinbeck Jr, Steinbeck

American writer (1902–1968)

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John Steinbeck was an American writer, screenwriter, and war correspondent. Born Jeffery Ernest Steinbeck in Salinas, he was educated at Stanford University. His career began in 1927, and he produced notable works including *Of Mice and Men*, *The Grapes of Wrath*, and *East of Eden*. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and PEN America.

Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and inducted into the California Hall of Fame. He was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Story and Best Writing, Original Screenplay. He held agnostic beliefs and was married to Elaine Anderson Steinbeck.

He had two children, John Steinbeck IV and Thomas Steinbeck. Steinbeck died of heart failure and cardiovascular disease in Harlem, New York City, on December 20, 1968. His birth date was February 27, 1902.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 27 February 1902
Died: 20 December 1968
Works: 309

Top works

The long valley
Mer hogseri dzmeṛě
"Their blood is strong
Mutiara
月落烏啼霜滿天

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Film & TV

Writing · Salinas, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). Author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and five collections of short stories,…

Known for

Steinbeck ed il Vietnam in guerra2021
The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America — Self (archive footage)2019
Great Literary Tour — Self (archive footage)2016
John Steinbeck: Voice of America — Himself (Archival Footage)2011
World in Action1963
Adventures on the New Frontier — Self1961
O. Henry's Full House — Narrator1952

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1902
Active to: 1968

has german audiobooks

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,546
Total plays: 93,422

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,644x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,922x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,594x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,138x

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Quotes

“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — "Yes, that’s the way it is, or at least that’s the way I feel it. You’re not as alone as you thought."”
“The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.”
“Out of a thousand centuries they drew the ancient admiration of the footman for the horseman. They knew instinctively that a man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot.”
“In every bit of honest writing in the world ... there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. There is writing promoting social change, writing punishing injustice, writing in celebration of heroism, but always that base theme. Try to understand each other.”
“It is a nice thing to be working and believing in my work again. I hope I can keep the drive. I only feel whole and well when it is this way.”
“For the first time I am working on a book that is not limited and that will take every bit of experience and thought and feeling that I have.”

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Literature1962
“for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception”

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Works in European collections

7 objects attributed to John Steinbeck, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

A handful of gold

Késik a szüret

Blue bay

Érik a gyümölcs

Kedves csirkefogók

Haditudósítások

East of Ébet

~40 min read

Encyclopedic overview

John Ernst Steinbeck (/ˈstaɪnbɛk/ 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".

During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts, including 16 novels, 6 non-fiction books, and 2 collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multigeneration epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.

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