John Steinbeck

Writer

Born: February 27, 1902 (66 years old)

Died: December 20, 1968

Place of birth: Salinas, California, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). Author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and five collections of short stories, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Steinbeck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography (19)

• National Theatre Live: Of Mice and Men (2014, ★ 8)
• O. Henry's Full House (1952, ★ 6.9)
• Viva Zapata! (1952, ★ 6.9)
• Of Mice and Men (1992, ★ 7.3)
• Of Mice and Men (1939, ★ 7.3)
• The Moon Is Down (1943, ★ 6.9)
• Of Mice and Men (1981, ★ 7.5)
• The Pearl (1947, ★ 7.2)
• Lifeboat (1944, ★ 7.4)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940, ★ 7.8)
• East of Eden (1955, ★ 7.5)
• Adventures on the New Frontier (1961, ★ 5.5)
• The Red Pony (1949, ★ 6.1)
• Cannery Row (1982, ★ 5.9)
• Tortilla Flat (1942, ★ 5.8)
• The Wayward Bus (1957, ★ 5.6)
• In Dubious Battle (2016, ★ 5.8)
• A Medal for Benny (1945, ★ 5.6)
• The Pearl (2001, ★ 4.8)