John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck III (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was one of the most famous American writers of the 20th century. A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, he is most well-known for his novella Of Mice and Men (1937) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), both of which examine the lives of the working class during the Great Depression.

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February 27 - 1902 - December 20 - 1968 - American writers - 20th century - Nobel Prize for Literature - 1962 - Novella - Of Mice and Men - 1937 - Pulitzer Prize - Novel - The Grapes of Wrath - 1939 - Working class - Great Depression

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Steinbeck wrote in the naturalist/realist style, often about poor, working-class people, and his body of work reflects his wide range of interests, including marine biology, jazz, politics, philosophy, history, and myth.

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Naturalist - Realist - Marine biology - Jazz - Politics - Philosophy - History - Myth

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Seventeen of his works, including Cannery Row (1945) and The Pearl (1947), went on to become Hollywood films, and Steinbeck himself achieved success as a Hollywood writer, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing for Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat, in 1945. In recognition of Steinbeck's work with marine biologist Ed Ricketts, a sea slug species, Eubranchus steinbecki, was named after him in 1987.

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Cannery Row - ''The Pearl'' - Hollywood - Academy Award - Alfred Hitchcock - Lifeboat - 1945 - Ed Ricketts - Sea slug - 1987

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