John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
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In recent years Steinbeck has been elevated to a more prominent status among American writers of his generation. If not quite at the world-class artistic level of a Hemingway or a Faulkner, he is nonetheless read very widely throughout the world by readers of all ages who consider him one of the mostrar más most "American" of writers. Born in Salinas County, California on February 27, 1902, Steinbeck was of German-Irish parentage. After four years as a special student at Stanford University, he went to New York, where he worked as a reporter and as a hod carrier. Returning to California, he devoted himself to writing, with little success; his first three books sold fewer than 3,000 copies. Tortilla Flat (1935), dealing with the paisanos, California Mexicans whose ancestors settled in the country 200 years ago, established his reputation. In Dubious Battle (1936), a labor novel of a strike and strike-breaking, won the gold medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Of Mice and Men (1937), a long short story that turns upon a melodramatic incident in the tragic friendship of two farm hands, written almost entirely in dialogue, was an experiment and was dramatized in the year of its publication, winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It brought him fame. Out of a series of articles that he wrote about the transient labor camps in California came the inspiration for his greatest book, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the odyssey of the Joad family, dispossessed of their farm in the Dust Bowl and seeking a new home, only to be driven on from camp to camp. The fiction is punctuated at intervals by the author's voice explaining this new sociological problem of homelessness, unemployment, and displacement. As the American novel "of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade," it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. It roused America and won a broad readership by the unusual simplicity and tenderness with which Steinbeck treated social questions. Even today, The Grapes of Wrath remains alive as a vivid account of believable human characters seen in symbolic and universal terms as well as in geographically and historically specific ones. Ma Joad is one of the most memorable characters in twentieth-century American fiction. It is her courage that sustains the family. Steinbeck's best and most ambitious novel after The Grapes of Wrath is East of Eden (1952), a saga of two American families in California from before the Civil War through World War I. Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), and Sweet Thursday (1955) are lighter works that find Steinbeck returning to the lighthearted tone of Tortilla Flat as he recounts picaresque adventures of modern-day picaros. The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) struck some reviewers as being appropriately titled because of its despairing treatment of humanity's fall from grace in a wasteland world where money is king. Steinbeck also wrote important nonfiction, including Russian Journal (1948) in collaboration with the photographer Robert Capa; Once There Was a War (1958) and America and Americans (1966), which features pictures by 55 leading photographers and a 70-page essay by Steinbeck. His interest in marine biology led to two books primarily about sea life, Sea of Cortez (1941) (with Edward F. Ricketts) and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). Travels with Charley (1962) is an engaging account of his journey of rediscovery of America, which took him through approximately 40 states. Steinbeck was married three times and died in New York City on December 20, 1968 of heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was 66, and had been a life-long smoker. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.
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Series
Obras de John Steinbeck
Cannery Row | East of Eden | Grapes of Wrath | The Moon is Down | Of Mice and Men (1976) — Autor — 410 copias
Grapes of Wrath, The Winter of our Discontent, and Short Novels (Tortilla Flat, Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, Moon is… (1961) — Autor — 19 copias
John Steinbeck three volume set: The Grapes of Wrath, Short Novels and The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) 10 copias
[unidentified works] 9 copias
Amerikaanse verhalen 7 copias
Los hechos del Rey Arturo y sus nobles caballeros según los manuscritos de Winchester de Thomas Malory y otras… (1985) 7 copias
East of Eden (3 of 3) 6 copias
The Leader of the People 5 copias
The Long Valley | The Pearl 5 copias
Letters to Elizabeth. A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis. Edited by Florian J. Shasky and… (1978) 5 copias
East of Eden; The Wayward Bus 5 copias
Three Slipcased Volumes: Novels 1932-1937, The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936-1941, Novels 1942-1952 (The… (1996) 4 copias
East of Eden (2 of 3) 4 copias
THIRTEEN (13) GREAT STORIES: The Long Valley; The Chrysanthemums; The White Quail; The Leader of the People; The Great… (1943) 4 copias
La luna è tramontata 4 copias
Best-in-Books: Great American Short Novels - Lost Horizon / Red Pony / Third Man / Single Pebble / Light in the Piazza… (1966) 4 copias
El omnibus perdido La perla 3 copias
LES RAISINS DE LA COLERE 3 copias
East of Eden & Grapes Of Wrath 3 copias
East of Eden (1 of 3) 3 copias
Tortilla Flat 3 copias
John Steinbeck's The red pony 3 copias
STEINBECK OF MICE AND MEN 2 copias
Öster Om Eden Del II 2 copias
Öster Om Eden Del I 2 copias
The Pastures of Heaven 2 copias
Moon is Down, The / Burning Bright 2 copias
Big Book of Favorite Horse Stories 2 copias
How Edith McGillcuddy Met R. L. S. 2 copias
Of mice and men 2 copias
Т. 2. 2 copias
Т. 1. 2 copias
Т. 3. Гроздья гнева. Консервный ряд. 2 copias
La rasarit de Eden vol2 2 copias
MEKTUPLARDA BİR YAŞAM 2 copias
13 Great Stories 2 copias
The Pearl (abridged) 2 copias
Tutto il teatro 2 copias
John Steinbeck papers 2 copias
La quaglia bianca - I crisantemi - La colazione — Autor — 1 copia
The Critics' Prize Plays 1 copia
The Pearl & thee Red Pony 1 copia
Cennet Çayırı 1 copia
Este del edén , Al 1 copia
Nine Stories 1 copia
Boêmios Erantes - - Volume 58 1 copia
La perla 1 copia
As Vinhas da Ira - volume 1 1 copia
Grona gniewu 1 copia
වහලක් නැති මාළිගාව 1 copia
Pian della tortilla romanzo 1 copia
Negotova bitka 1 copia
Neizvjesna bitka 1 copia
ZALUTALI AUTOBUS 1 copia
Las Uvas de la Ira 1 copia
The Long Valley 1 copia
Obras Completas. Volumen Tercero 1 copia
O Inverno da nossa Desesperança 1 copia
A Rua das Ilusões Perdidas 1 copia
AY BATTI 1 copia
Reading & Training : John Steinbeck : Of mice and men [book + sound recording] (2011) — Writer — 1 copia
Biblioteca de selecciones del Reader's Digest. Cuaderno prohibido. Madame Curie. El invierno de nuestra amargura. La… — Contribuidor — 1 copia
NJEREZ DHE MINJ 1 copia
KASIMPATLARI 1 copia
Lal Gusse Ke Angoor 1 copia
[La valle dell'Eden] 1. 1 copia
5 best sellers 1 copia
The Pearl Stage 6 1 copia
Obras II 1 copia
Boêmios Errantes 1 copia
La răsărit de Eden vol 1 1 copia
Von Mäusen und Menschen 1 copia
14 Great Stories 1 copia
Quel fantastico Giovedì 1 copia
John Steinbeck: Short Stories 1 copia
La răsărit de Eden vol 2 1 copia
El pony rojo 1 copia
Vredens druvor 2 1 copia
Uzun Vadi 1 copia
ØST FOR PARADIS 1 copia
OBRAS COMPLETAS, VOLUMEN PRIMERO 1 copia
Novels 1942-195? 1 copia
The Raid 1 copia
The Elf in Algiers 1 copia
John Steinbeck - Collected Works 1 copia
Steinbeck Reads Steinbeck (Audio cd) (Adaptation of selected short stories from John Steinbeck's "The Long Valley") (1993) 1 copia
John Steinbeck bio/works 1 copia
Story Novels 1 copia
Kaçış 1 copia
The Moon is Down | Cannery Row 1 copia
John Steinbeck, Octopus/Heinmann — Autor — 1 copia
Vredens druer 1 copia
Steinbeck - Premio Nobel 1962 1 copia
El caballero de las dos espadas 1 copia
Verdoolde mensen 1 copia
Piratenschiff voraus! 1 copia
Antologia do Conto Moderno 1 copia
East of Eden Volumes 1, 2 &3 1 copia
A night on Ventotene 1 copia
Na plechárně ; Sladký čtvrtek 1 copia
A Medal For Benny 1 copia
Dust 1 copia
Charley and the Redwood Tree 1 copia
Your Only Weapon Is Your Work 1 copia
The Affair at 7 Rue de M— 1 copia
Cannery Row | East of Eden | Grapes of Wrath | Of Mice and Men | The Pearl | Travels with Charley 1 copia
Johnny Bear 1 copia
Over the Hill 1 copia
Maanen er skjult 1 copia
Collected Short Stories 1 copia
Na východ od raja 1 copia
Früchte des Zorns von John Steinbeck (Lektürehilfe): Detaillierte Zusammenfassung, Personenanalyse und… (2019) 1 copia
The Grapes of Wrath [abridged] 1 copia
O Potro Vermelho Livro 18 1 copia
Hundadagastjorn Pippins IV 1 copia
Vanderbilt Clinic 1 copia
Die Perle Roman 1 copia
La copa de oro (Cup of gold) 1 copia
Breakfast 1 copia
Fiesta en Familia 1 copia
John Steinbeck's Molly Morgan 1 copia
Le gesta di Re Artù 1 copia
Altın Kupa 1 copia
La fuga 1 copia
Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel 1 copia
DE HIMMELSKA ÄNGDERNA 1 copia
Mektuplarda Bir Yaşam 1 copia
steinbeck extras 1 copia
Gabilan Amerikanische Novellen 1 copia
Byla kdysi válka 1 copia
Stories of John Steinbeck 1 copia
O Milagre de San Francisco 1 copia
Savaş Üzerine Mektuplar 1 copia
KONUNG FÖR EN DAG 1 copia
Była raz wojna, Bomby poszły 1 copia
O myších a lidech ; Na plechárně 1 copia
[La valle dell'Eden] 3. 1 copia
[La valle dell'Eden] 2. 1 copia
Tortilla flat & Of mice and man 1 copia
Novels & Stories 1 copia
East Of Eden The Wayward Bus 1 copia
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The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language (1947) — Contribuidor — 137 copias
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contribuidor — 132 copias
East Of Eden 2 Disc Special Edition DVD Starring Julie Harris, James Dean and Raymond Massey (1954) — Original book — 112 copias
McSweeney's Issue 45 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Hitchcock and Bradbury Fistfight in Heaven (2013) — Contribuidor — 102 copias
SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume (1958) — Contribuidor — 68 copias
The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road: Tales of Life on the Move (Mammoth Books) (2003) — Contribuidor — 51 copias
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Contribuidor — 39 copias
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Agony and the Ecstasy | Winter of our Discontent | Fate is the… (1961) 39 copias
Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 29 copias
Swords and Sorcerers: Stories from the Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure (2002) — Contribuidor — 16 copias
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970 (1970) — Contribuidor — 13 copias
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Contribuidor — 12 copias
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
Many-Colored Fleece: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Catholic Fiction (2022) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
Amerikanische Kurzgeschichten (American Short Stories) (English and German Edition) (1956) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
West Coast Fiction: Modern Writing from California, Oregon, and Washington (1979) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
Our lives : American labor stories — Contribuidor — 6 copias
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970, Volume II (1970) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
The Golden Age of Film: Four Great Novels That Captivated Hollywood (2007) — Contribuidor — 4 copias
Wives and Lovers — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize Plays, 1935-1955 (1945) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Vader is de beste — Autor — 3 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 copias
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RDCBLP v069 Night Over Water | The Leader of the People | The Hands of Mr. Ottermole (1993) 2 copias
Presentask med fyra Nobelnoveller från Novellix : Steinbeck, Morrison m fl (2018) — Autor — 2 copias
Nobel Prize Library Faulkner, O'Neill, Steinbeck — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Configurations: American Short Stories for the EFL Classroom, Advanced Level (1984) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) — Autor — 1 copia
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly No. 7 (14 Great stories by 14 Great Authors) (1943) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Winter of Our Discontent • A Fall of Moondust • The Day Lincoln Was Shot •… (1962) — Autor — 1 copia
Lilliput Magazine. November - December 1952. Vol. 31 no. 6. Issue no. 186. — Contribuidor — 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Steinbeck, John Ernst
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1902-02-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1968-12-20
- Lugar de sepultura
- Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas, Monterey County, California USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- Estados Unidos
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Salinas, California, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- heart disease and congestive heart failure
- Educación
- Stanford University (did not graduate)
- Ocupaciones
- writer
- Relaciones
- Steinbeck, Thomas (son)
Steinbeck, John, IV (son) - Premios y honores
- Nobel Prize (Literature ∙ 1962)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
Academy Award nominee (1944)
California Hall of Fame (2007)
National Book Award (1940)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1940) (mostrar todos 8)
DeMolay International Hall of Fame (1995)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1939) - Aviso de desambiguación
- For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.
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East of Eden en Folio Society Devotees (Febrero 11)
March 2012: John Steinbeck en Monthly Author Reads (noviembre 2018)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Pearl en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (diciembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Main Thread en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (diciembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Travels with Charley en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (diciembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Tortilla Flat en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (noviembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: In Dubious Battle en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (octubre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Red Pony en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (septiembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: East of Eden en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (septiembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Of Mice and Men en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (agosto 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Grapes of Wrath en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (agosto 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Moon is Down en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (mayo 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Winter of Our Discontent en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (abril 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Wayward Bus en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (marzo 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Cannery Row en 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Febrero 2012)
Book Discussion: Arthurian Themed Read *Spoiler Free* en The Green Dragon (marzo 2008)
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