John Ernst Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. Originally an English major, he pursued a program of independent study. John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 “...for his realistic as well as imaginative writings, distinguished by a sympathetic humor and a keen social perception.” John Steinbeck remained a private person who shunned publicity. He died December 20, 1968, in New York City.
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