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John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck (/ˈstaɪnbɛk/ STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist. 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". One of the most widely read…

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Education
Stanford University
Born
John Ernst Steinbeck III (1902-02-27)February 27, 1902 Salinas, California, U.S.
Children
Thom, John IV
Died
December 20, 1968(1968-12-20) (aged 66) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1940) · Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)
Notable works
Of Mice and Men (1937) · The Grapes of Wrath (1939) · East of Eden (1952)

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