John Ernest Steinbeck was an American author born in Salinas, California in 1902. He wrote several famous novels including Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, and Cannery Row. Steinbeck had a varied career, graduating from high school in 1919, attending but not graduating from Stanford University, getting married in 1930, and publishing his first book in 1929. He went on to win several prestigious awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 in recognition of his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.

1. John Ernest Steinbeck
Maddie Johnson
Period 4
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2. Background
• Born: Salinas, California
February 27, 1902
• German and Irish ancestry
• Father: John Steinbeck
• Mother: Olive (Hamilton)
Steinbeck
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3. Important Dates
• Graduated high school
1919
• Published first book in
1929
• 1930: Married first wife
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4. Education
• Graduated Salinas High School
• Attended Stanford University
• Left Stanford in 1925
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Interesting Facts
• Wrote: 27 novels, 3
short story
collections
• Died: December 20,
1968
• Buried in the
Garden of
Memories
Cemetery
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8. 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/l
aureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html>.
• John Steinbeck. Nobel Prize.org. 28 Apr.
2009
<http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/l
aureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html>.