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Line 1: − '''John Steinbeck''' (b. 1902, d. 1968) was an [[American]] author. He wrote the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning novel ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1939), along with fifteen other novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature.+ − − Steinbeck grew up in and spent most of his writing career in [[California]]. Some of his works have been made into movies, including ''Cannery Row'' (1945), ''The Pearl'' (1947), ''Of Mice and Men'' (1939) and ''East of Eden'' (1952). Steinbeck was successful as a Hollywood writer, receiving an [[Academy Award]] nomination for Best Story in 1944 for [[Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock's]] ''Lifeboat''. − − "Of Mice and Men" is number six on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most frequently censored books, 1990-2000 <ref>http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=bbwlinks&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=85714</ref>. − − ==Partial Bibliography== − * ''[[Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, With Occasional Reference to History|Cup of Gold]]'' (1929) − * ''[[The Pastures of Heaven]]'' (1932) − * ''[[The Red Pony]]'' (1933) − * ''[[To a God Unknown]]'' (1933) − * ''[[Tortilla Flat]]'' (1935) − * ''[[The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1936) − * ''[[In Dubious Battle]]'' (1936) − * ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' (1937) − * ''[[The Long Valley]]'' (1938) − * ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1939) − * ''[[Forgotten Village]]'' (1941) − * ''[[The Log from the Sea of Cortez|Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research]]'' (1941) − * ''[[The Moon Is Down]]'' (1942) − * ''[[Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team]]'' (1942) − * ''[[Cannery Row (novel)|Cannery Row]]'' (1945) − * ''[[The Wayward Bus]]'' (1947) − * ''[[The Pearl (novel)|The Pearl]]'' (1947) − * ''[[A Russian Journal]]'' (1948) − * ''[[Burning Bright]]'' (1950) − * ''[[The Log from the Sea of Cortez]]'' (1951) − * ''[[East of Eden]]'' (1952) − * ''[[Sweet Thursday]]'' (1954) − * ''[[The Short Reign of Pippin IV|The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication]]'' (1957) − * ''[[Once There Was A War]]'' (1958) − * ''[[The Winter of Our Discontent]]'' (1961) − * ''[[Travels with Charley: In Search of America]]'' (1962) − * ''[[America and Americans]]'' (1966) − Posthumous publishings include: − * ''[[Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters]]'' (1969) − * ''[[Viva Zapata!]]'' (1975) − * ''[[The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights]]'' (1976) − * ''[[Workings Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1989) − − − ==References== − − * http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html - John Steinbeck Center − * http://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html - Biography − * http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html - Noble Prize Laureates − ==Notes== − <references/> − − − {{DEFAULTSORT: Steinbeck, John}} − [[Category:Authors]] − [[Category:Nobel laureates in Literature]]
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