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'''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==
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