John Steinbeck

Writing

Born: 1902-02-27
Died: 1968-12-20
From: Salinas, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

John Ernst Steinbeck

Biography

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, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Steinbeck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations7 won · 13 nominated

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California Hall of Fame

2007
Nominated

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

1977
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Presidential Medal of Freedom

1964
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1962
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Literature

1962
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1961
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1960
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1959
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1958
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Bancarella Selection Prize

East of Eden

1955
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Viva Zapata!

1953
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Literature

1949
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Story

A Medal for Benny

1946
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1945
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Story

Lifeboat

1945
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Nobel Prize in Literature

1944
Nominated

Nobel Prize in Literature

1943
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Pulitzer Prize for the Novel

The Grapes of Wrath

1940
🏆 Won

National Book Award for Fiction

The Grapes of Wrath

1939
🏆 Won

King Haakon VII Freedom Cross

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