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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Literature (114) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 1960s (79) 1962 (8) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1900s (92) 1902 (13) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Western states (27) California (16) Salinas (1) 16. Death Year 16. Death Year 1960s (49) 1968 (8) 17. Place of Death 17. Place of Death North America (223) United States (214) Northeastern states (77) New York (38) New York City (24) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name E-K (339) J (95) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name E-K (229) J (80) John (32) 23. Religion 23. Religion Irreligion group (86) Agnosticism (11) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 60 - 69 (252) 61 (32) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (123) Media and Communication Workers (117) Writers and Editors (101) Writers and Authors (101) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Western states (262) California (253) Stanford (83) Stanford University (83) Alumni (13) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Letters (17) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) California Hall of Fame (2) M-N (333) N (205) National Book Award for Fiction (3) O-P (364) P (242) Presidential Medal of Freedom (24) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5) complete name: John Ernest Steinbeck nobel prize: literature award year: 1962 prize share: Prize share: 1/1 rational: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 was awarded to John Steinbeck "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts birth name: John Ernest Steinbeck given name: John family name: Steinbeck occupation: screenwriter occupation: writer occupation: author occupation: journalist occupation: novelist notable work: The Grapes of Wrath notable work: Of Mice and Men notable work: East of Eden description: John Ernest Steinbeck was an American author of 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and five 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 Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Red Pony (1937). The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies. The winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, he has been called "a giant of American letters". His works are widely read abroad and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in southern and central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1962/summary/> date birth: 1902 date death: 1968 usual name: John Steinbeck
