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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.
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-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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