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John Steinbeck
• John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was born on February 27, 1902.
• He was an American writer.
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was of German and Irish descent. Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck, Steinbeck's paternal grandfather, had shortened the family name to Steinbeck when he immigrated to the United States.
Work
• Cup of Gold (1927) • The Pastures of Heaven (1932) • The Red Pony (1933) • To a God Unknown (1933) • Tortilla Flat (1935) • In Dubious Battle (1936) • Of Mice and Men (1937) • The Long Valley (1938) • The Grapes of Wrath (1939) • The Forgotten Village (1941)
The Grapes of Wrath
main characters :• Tom Joad • Ma Joad • Pa Joad
The Grapes of Wrath is frequently read in American high school and college literature classes.
• He died on 20th December 1968