John Ernest SteinbeckMaddie Johnson

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Background

• Born: Salinas, California February 27, 1902

• German and Irish ancestry • Father: John Steinbeck• Mother: Olive (Hamilton)

Steinbeck

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Important Dates

• Graduated high school 1919

• Published first book in 1929

• 1930: Married first wife

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Education

• Graduated Salinas High School• Attended Stanford University• Left Stanford in 1925

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Books Written

• Pastures of Heaven(1932)• In Dubious Battle(1936)• Of Mice and Men(1937)• The Moon is Down(1942)• Cannery Row(1945)• A Russian Journal(1948)• East of Eden(1952)• Journal of a Novel(1969)

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Prizes Won• 1935 - Commonwealth Club of California Gold

Medal (Tortilla Flat)• 1938 - New York Drama Critics' Circle Award

(Of Mice & Men)• 1948 - Member of American Academy of Arts

and Letters• 1962 - Nobel Prize for Literature• 1963 - Honorary Consultant in American

Literature to the Library of Congress• 1964 - United States Medal of Freedom

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Interesting Facts

• Wrote: 27 novels, 3 short story collections

• Died: December 20, 1968

• Buried in the Garden of Memories Cemetery

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Bibliography

• John Steinbeck's Biography. National Steinbeck Center. 26 Apr. 2009 <http://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html

• John Steinbeck. Nobel Prize.org. 28 Apr. 2009 <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html>.

• John Steinbeck. Nobel Prize.org. 28 Apr. 2009 <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html>.