Researching John Steinbeck
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6 people with the Steinbeck surname? In that year Steinbeck was ranked number 3573 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Steinbeck on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Steinbeck and the Steinbeck Family Tree
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John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. ( February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "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 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 literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in 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.
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