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John Steinbeck

  • John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.
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Date of birth
1902-02-27
Place of birth
Salinas
Date of death
1968-12-20
Place of death
New York

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John Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) 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 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 multigeneration 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. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.

Much of Steinbeck's work employs settings in his native 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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American author. He was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Editions

NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Tortilla FlatHardcover3-937793-38-02004
DagdrivergjengenHardcover82051151091979
Autobus auf SeitenwegenPaperback3-548-02679-61983
Wonniger DonnerstagPaperback3-548-02684-21973
DagdrivergjengenHardcover82525014001972
The VigilantePaperback97802413389572018
The Moon Is DownPaperback97801413953712014
Jenseits von Eden: Roman (Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, Club Bertelsmann, Europäische Bildungsgemeinschaft, Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, Buch- und Schallplattenfreunde, 1980)Hardcover?1980
Früchte des ZornsHardcover?1975
Die Straße der ÖlsardinenPaperback?1961
RomansHardcover97820729297862023-03-02
Der fremde GottPaperback?1963
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585
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0000 0001 2144 5760
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OpenLibrary Author ID
OL25788A
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96992551
Wikidata ID
Q39212

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