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Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. [8] He was of German, English, and Irish descent. [9] Johann Adolf Großsteinbeck (1828–1913), Steinbeck's paternal grandfather, was a founder of Mount Hope, a short-lived farming colony in Palestine that disbanded after Arab attackers killed his brother and raped his brother's wife and mother-in-law. [10]
The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses the largest collection of Steinbeck-related materials in the world at over 50,000 items. [2] [12] [13] The archives contain manuscripts, letters, photographs, rare books, and memorabilia related to Steinbeck's career and personal life. It also holds significant secondary materials ...
The following is a complete list of books published by John Steinbeck, one of the foremost American authors of the 20th century. Steinbeck published seventeen works of fiction and ten works of nonfiction between 1929 and 1966, as well as his work writing short stories and screenplays. [ 1 ]
Events and outreach programming makes up the bulk of the National Steinbeck Center's time, effort, and budget. The center plans and runs over 40 events a year. The major events the center is known for is the annual Steinbeck Festival, Steinbeck's Birthday Celebration, [4] the Steinbeck Young Authors Program, [5] and the Salinas Valley Comic Con ...
Reed Magazine is an annual literary journal published by San Jose State University.Two semesters of the Department of English and Comparative Literature's 133 class (comprising graduate and undergraduate students) solicit, edit, and promote the magazine for each year.
East of Eden is a novel by American author and Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952.Many regard the work as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, and Steinbeck himself considered it his magnum opus. [2]
The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. [2] The book won the National Book Award [3] and Pulitzer Prize [4] for fiction, and it was cited prominently when Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
Tortilla Flat (1935) is an early John Steinbeck novel set in Monterey, California.The novel was the author's first clear critical and commercial success. The book portrays a group of 'paisanos'—literally, countrymen—a small band of errant friends enjoying life and wine in the days after the end of World War I.