John Ernst Steinbeck was born of half German and half Irish descent into a moderate means family in Salinas, California on February 27, 1902.
Throughout his childhood, Steinbeck worked the majority of the summers at nearby migrant farms with other migrant laborers. In the year 1919, Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School, and later attended Stanford University. After a total of six years spent at the university, Steinbeck withdrew himself, never earning himself a degree. Shortly after dropping out of college, the soon-to-be renown author packed up his belongings and moved to New York City with the hope of becoming an acclaimed author. His plan failed. Upon returning back to California to start his life over, Steinbeck, once again, took up jobs as a migrant laborer, alongside many oversea immigrants and settlers from the West.
Refusing to become a bitter and discouraged, Steinbeck retried the art of novel writing; the first half dozen or so novels he wrote are not worth mentioning. It was not until 1935 when he published his first successful work, Tortilla Flat. The author then began to create novels originated around the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. These works are among his most acclaimed, including: In Dubious Battle, Of Mice of Men, and The Grapes of Wrath (the Dust Bowl trilogy).
By the time Steinbeck died in 1968, he was the author of twenty-seven books-- sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short-stories-- and the winner of numerous awards-- The Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the American Arts Gold Medallion.
Throughout his childhood, Steinbeck worked the majority of the summers at nearby migrant farms with other migrant laborers. In the year 1919, Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School, and later attended Stanford University. After a total of six years spent at the university, Steinbeck withdrew himself, never earning himself a degree. Shortly after dropping out of college, the soon-to-be renown author packed up his belongings and moved to New York City with the hope of becoming an acclaimed author. His plan failed. Upon returning back to California to start his life over, Steinbeck, once again, took up jobs as a migrant laborer, alongside many oversea immigrants and settlers from the West. Refusing to become a bitter and discouraged, Steinbeck retried the art of novel writing; the first half dozen or so novels he wrote are not worth mentioning. It was not until 1935 when he published his first successful work, Tortilla Flat. The author then began to create novels originated around the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. These works are among his most acclaimed, including: In Dubious Battle, Of Mice of Men, and The Grapes of Wrath (the Dust Bowl trilogy).
By the time Steinbeck died in 1968, he was the author of twenty-seven books-- sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short-stories-- and the winner of numerous awards-- The Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the American Arts Gold Medallion.
