Biography on John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck was an American writer who was born on February 27th, 1902 and died on December 20th, 1968. He is well known for the novella, “Of mice and Men” and “The grapes of wrath”. He was the author of twenty seven books, including sixteen novels, sixteen non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went from there to Stanford University where he stayed for five years until 1925, and left without a degree. He met his first wife, Carol Henning, in Tahoe city, California. He moved to California after he failed to publish his work as a writer in New York City. During most of the Great Depression and his marriage with Carol, he lived in a cottage owned by his father in Pacific Grove, California. In 1940, he went on a voyage around the Gulf of California with his friend, Ed Ricketts. In 1943, Steinbeck served as a World War II war correspondent. John Steinbeck died in New York City on December 20th, 1968 due to heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was sixty six years old and had been a life-long smoker. Davis, Letecia
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John Steinbeck was an American writer who was born on February 27th, 1902 and died on December 20th, 1968. He is well known for the novella, “Of mice and Men” and “The grapes of wrath”. He was the author of twenty seven books, including sixteen novels, sixteen non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went from there to Stanford University where he stayed for five years until 1925, and left without a degree. He met his first wife, Carol Henning, in Tahoe city, California. He moved to California after he failed to publish his work as a writer in New York City. During most of the Great Depression and his marriage with Carol, he lived in a
John Steinbeck was an American writer who was born on February 27th, 1902 and died on December 20th, 1968. He is well known for the novella, “Of mice and Men” and “The grapes of wrath”. He was the author of twenty seven books, including sixteen novels, sixteen non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went from there to Stanford University where he stayed for five years until 1925, and left without a degree. He met his first wife, Carol Henning, in Tahoe city, California. He moved to California after he failed to publish his work as a writer in New York City. During most of the Great Depression and his marriage with Carol, he lived in a cottage owned by his father in Pacific Grove, California. In 1940, he went on a voyage around the Gulf of California with his friend, Ed Ricketts. In 1943, Steinbeck served as a World War II war correspondent. John Steinbeck died in New York City on December 20th, 1968 due to heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was sixty six years old and had been a life-long smoker. Davis, Letecia
Per. 2 English 10
4/13/13
Book Project
John Steinbeck was an American writer who was born on February 27th, 1902 and died on December 20th, 1968. He is well known for the novella, “Of mice and Men” and “The grapes of wrath”. He was the author of twenty seven books, including sixteen novels, sixteen non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went from there to Stanford University where he stayed for five years until 1925, and left without a degree. He met his first wife, Carol Henning, in Tahoe city, California. He moved to California after he failed to publish his work as a writer in New York City. During most of the Great Depression and his marriage with Carol, he lived in a