JOHN ERNEST STEINBECK

Born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, CA.

FAMILY

• Parents
• Two older sisters
• Middle Class

EDUCATION

• Freshman HS English inspired Steinbeck to write
• Stanford

WRITER

• Versatile
• Described as a social-protest writer, realist, naturalist, journalist, play write

INSPIRATION FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

• Friends with a Marine Biologist
• Travels - wrote many nonfiction scientific journals

THEME

• Strengths of the family
• Effects of the environment on man
• Social Protests
• Empathy for others

"Try to understand men, if you understand each other, you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love."

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 16 novels
• 3 novels turned into Broadway Plays
• Collection of short stories
• 4 screenplays
• 3 travel naratives
• 2 journals
• 1 novel turned into a musical

LEGACY

• Significant authors of 20th century
• Still powerful and popular worldwide
• Won the Nobel Prize for Literature

Died on December 20, 1968 in New York City at the age of 66.