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John Steinbeck

McFadden Publications, Inc.; no photographer credited; photo likely the work of Sonya Noskowiak, as Steinbeck is wearing the same clothes from her 1935 studio session that produced the work shown here: https://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.74 · Public domain(via Wikimedia Commons)

John Steinbeck

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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) was an American writer and war correspondent in the 20th century. He was the winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature and the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His main representative works include "The Grapes of Wrath", "East of Eden" and "Of Mice and Men".

Category
Writers
Nationality
United States
Born
1902-02-27
Died
1968-12-20
Wikidata
Q39212
Occupations writerscreenwriterwar correspondentnovelistessayist
Aliases John Ernest SteinbeckJohn Ernst SteinbeckJohn Ernst Steinbeck JrJohn Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.John SteinbeckSteinbeckSteinbeckSteinbeckSteinbeck, J.John Steinbeckjohn steinbeck

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