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John Steinbeck


Born
in Salinas, California, The United States
February 27, 1902

Died
December 20, 1968

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Genre
Literature & Fiction

Influences
Ed Ricketts, Will Lang, Socrates, Emiliano Zapata, Lincoln Steffens, A ...more


John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize–winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 4,814,320 ratings · 157,629 reviews · 778 distinct works • Similar authors
Of Mice and Men
3.88 avg rating — 2,552,801 ratings — published 1937 — 943 editions
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The Grapes of Wrath
4.01 avg rating — 908,168 ratings — published 1939 — 920 editions
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East of Eden
4.41 avg rating — 540,303 ratings — published 1952 — 146 editions
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The Pearl
3.53 avg rating — 238,538 ratings — published 1947 — 20 editions
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Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
4.06 avg rating — 138,121 ratings — published 1945 — 346 editions
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Travels with Charley: In Se...
4.08 avg rating — 94,794 ratings — published 1961 — 326 editions
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Tortilla Flat
3.83 avg rating — 56,021 ratings — published 1935 — 303 editions
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The Red Pony
3.48 avg rating — 55,405 ratings — published 1933 — 217 editions
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The Winter of Our Discontent
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The Moon Is Down
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“I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.”
― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
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“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
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“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
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Sorry, guys! I've been sick and I completely forgot to put up a poll of classic books for next month. Here it is. Poll will be open until Sunday, March 26.

My Cousin Rachel My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Daphne du Maurier
 
  4 votes, 66.7%

The Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde
 
  1 vote, 16.7%

Mansfield Park Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Jane Austen
 
  1 vote, 16.7%

Tender Is the Night Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck John Steinbeck
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

The Bell Jar The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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