John Steinbeck

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Steinbeck, 1939 (McFadden Publications)

About the author

John Steinbeck
Biographical details ▽ Biographical details △

Born
Salinas, California, U.S., 1902

Died
New York City, U.S., 1968

Places lived
Salinas, Pacific Grove and Monte Sereno, California; Manhattan and Long Island, New York, United States

Nationality
American

Forms of writing
novels, stories, plays, screenplays, journalism, essays

Genres
Literary

Writing language
English

Greatest lists ▽ Greatest lists △
Literature

• Of Mice and Men (1937)

• The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

• East of Eden (1952)

Novels

• The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

• East of Eden (1952)

Novellas

• Of Mice and Men (1937)

Stories

• "The Leader of the People" (1936)

• "The Chrysanthemums" (1937)

• "Flight" (1938)

American Literature

• Of Mice and Men (1937)

• The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

• Cannery Row (1945)

• The Pearl (1947)

• East of Eden (1952)

Works published in book form

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History, novel, 1929

The Pastures of Heaven, story collection, 1932

Prologue, "George Battle", "Shark Wicks", "Tularecito"", "Helen Van Deventer", "Julius Maltby", "The Lopez Sisters", "Molly Morgan", "Raymond Banks"", "Pat Humbert"", The Whitesides", Epilogue)

The Red Pony, novella, 1933

To a God Unknown, novel, 1933

Tortilla Flat, novel, 1935

In Dubious Battle, novel, 1936

Of Mice and Men, novella, 1937

The Long Valley, story collection, 1938

"The Chrysanthemums", "The White Quail", "Flight", "The Snake", "Breakfast", "The Raid", "The Harness", "The Vigilante", "Johnny Bear", "The Murder", "St. Katy the Virgin", "The Gift" (The Red Pony), "The Great Mountains" (The Red Pony), "The Promise" (The Red Pony), "The Leader of the People"

Their Blood is Strong, articles, 1938

The Grapes of Wrath, novel, 1939

The Forgotten Village, novella, 1941

Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research, memoir, 1941

The Moon Is Down, novella, 19423

Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team, memoir, 1942

Cannery Row, novel, 1945

The Wayward Bus, novel, 1947

The Pearl, novella, 1947

A Russian Journal, memoir, 1948

Burning Bright, novella, 1950

The Log from the Sea of Cortez, memoir, 1951, adapted from 1941 memoir

East of Eden, novel, 1952

Sweet Thursday, novel, 1954

The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication, novel, 1957

Once There Was A War, articles, 1958

The Winter of Our Discontent, novel, 1961

Travels with Charley: In Search of America, travelogue, 1962

America and Americans, articles, 1966

Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, letters, 1969

Viva Zapata! Screenplay for 1952 film, 1975

Steinbeck: A Life in Letters, letters, 1975

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights Unfinished retelling of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, 1976written 1956–1959

Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath 1938–1941, journal, 1989

Steinbeck in Vietnam: Dispatches from the War, articles, 2012, written 1966–1967

 

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