Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Life of John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck



In 1902 John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California. When John was growing up, his parents encouraged him to be a writer, just for the fun of it. At the time, he does begin to write just for fun. In 1919, Steinbeck graduated to from Salinas High School and then attended Stanford University. Although, he did not graduate from Stanford University with a degree, he dropped out about every month or so and when he was out of college, he worked various jobs. After he finally decides to stay dropped out of college, Steinbeck then moves to New York in 1925 to attempted to get some of his pieces of writing while working many jobs to keep himself on his feet while the books were he was writing, but none of his writing pieces were published and he returned to his home of California ("The Life and Times of John Steinbeck - Oprah.com."). In 1929, Steinbeck published his first novel Cup of Gold, but it was not very well known. On the plus side for Steinbeck, the next year he got married to Carol Henning. He ended up moving to Los Angles with her but ended up getting a divorce in 1941 ("The Life and Times of John Steinbeck - Oprah.com."). At this time of his life in 1935, his writing career really kicked off with novels that he wrote like Tortilla Flat(1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), The Long Valley (1938), and The Grapes of Wrath (1939) which was considered one of his best writing piece ever ("John Steinbeck - Biography". Nobelprize.org). These books showed aspects of his life like about a migrant worker and being alive during the Great Depression. Steinbeck was also in World War II as a correspondent and wrote pieces of government propaganda that helped aid the U.S. in the war. After Another great novel that Steinbeck wrote during his writing years was The Pearl (1947) ("Biography of John Steinbeck" Gradesaver.com para 3). The real awarding years of Steinbeck's life was 1962 through 1964. In 1962, accepted the award of Nobel Prize of Literature, 1963 is accepted in to the Library of Congress as an honorary consultant in American Literature, and 1964 he is presented a United States Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson ("The Life and Times of John Steinbeck - Oprah.com."). After his successful life of writing, Steinbeck passed away in New York, New York because of arteriosclerosis in 1968.

1 comment:

  1. This picture is of Tennessee Williams, not John Steinbeck.

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