1. John Steinbeck
By:
Katrina Gleckler
P.3
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April 27

2. John Ernst Steinbeck
Born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas,
California
He was from German‐American and
Irish‐American descent

3. Early life
• Graduated from high school in
1919
• Attended Stanford university
• His attendance was sporadic
• Left Stanford officially in 1925

4. First Book
• Married Carol Henning in 1930
• Lived in Pacific Grove
• He published the book Tortilla Flat in 1935
• He received the California Commonwealth
Club’s Gold Medal for the best novel by a
California Author

5. Nobel Prize
• He was a correspondent for the New York Herald
Tribune during World War 2.
• The book Once There Was A War was based on
this experience.
• In 1962 he was awarded the Nobel prize for
literature. For his realistic and imaginative
writings.

6. Facts
• Throughout his life he was a private person
and shunned publicity.
• He died in New York City on December 20,
1968.
• His ashes were put in the Garden of Memories
Cemetery in Salina, California.

7. Facts
• Three of his books were made in to Hollywood Films.
• The Grapes of Wrath was considered by many people to be
his finest works and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.
• He had three wives throughout his life.
• He won about seventeen awards.

8. Bibliography
• Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck
• http://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html
• http://tinafloystad.wordpress.com/2008/02/2
1/some‐facts‐about‐john‐steinbeck/

9. The End