History Creator / JohnSteinbeck

!! Notable books by Steinbeck

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!!Screenplays by Steinbeck

Steinbeck was born by the Salinas River in UsefulNotes/{{California}} out in the country, which affected many of the settings of his works. A simple man, he labored alongside the migrant workers that inspired him. After leaving Stanford University without a degree, he set off his career with ''Tortilla Flat'', a novel set in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Monterey. His Dust Bowl novels set in California garnered critical success and became some of his most popular works, such as ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''. ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, and became a controversial but influential work that ended up on the list of banned novels. It caused controversy with his socialist views. The negative angle on capitalism and the representation of the Okies made trouble for him, but the book remained a success and is considered by many to be his best work.

John Steinbeck's works have become popular UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia and are still read today, [[TearJerker traumatizing]] generations of American teens/young adults for ever after.

%%* GreyAndGrayMorality

* RousseauWasRight: While his books are aware of human evil, many of his characters are still human and sympathetic.

* ''Literature/TheActsOfKingArthurAndHisNobleKnights (1976)

* ''[[Myth/ArthurianLegend The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights]]'' (1976)

* FromBadToWorse
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* KitchenSinkDrama
* LiteraryAllusionTitle

Steinbeck was born by the Salinas River in UsefulNotes/{{California}} out in the country, which affected many of the settings of his works. A simple man, he labored alongside the migrant workers that inspired him. After leaving Stanford University without a degree, he set off his career with ''Tortilla Flat'', a novel set in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Monterey. His Dust Bowl novels set in California garnered critical success and became some of his most popular works, such as ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''. ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, and became a controversial but influential work that ended up on the list of banned novels. It caused controversy with his leftist political views. The negative angle on capitalism and the representation of the Okies made trouble for him, but the book remained a success and is considered by many to be his best work.

* AuthorTract: A lot of his works express his socialist political beliefs, with varying degrees of subtlety.

* ''[[Myth/KingArthur The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights]]'' (1976)

* DiedDuringProduction: Steinbeck died before finishing his modern English translation of ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'', leaving the book stopping after the story of Lancelot.

John Steinbeck's works have become popular SchoolStudyMedia and are still read today, [[TearJerker traumatizing]] generations of American teens/young adults for ever after.

* SchoolStudyMedia

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Steinbeck died before finishing his modern English translation of ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur'', leaving the book stopping after the story of Lancelot.

* ''TravelsWithCharley'' (1962)

!! Notable works by John Steinbeck
* ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''
* ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''
* ''Literature/CanneryRow''
* ''Literature/TheRedPony''
* ''Literature/EastOfEden''
* ''Literature/InDubiousBattle''
* ''Literature/ThePearl''
* ''TravelsWithCharley''
* ''[[Myth/KingArthur The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights]]''

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John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was a [[UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize Pulitzer]] and Nobel Prize-winning American author. He wrote twenty-seven books within his lifetime, and became influential in his writing style and views.

He was born by the Salinas river in UsefulNotes/{{California}} out in the country, which affected many of the settings of his works. A simple man, he labored alongside the migrant workers that inspired him. After leaving Stanford University without a degree, he set off his career with ''Tortilla Flat'', a novel set in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Monterey. His Dust Bowl novels set in California garnered critical success and became some of his most popular works, such as ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''. ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, and became a controversial but influential work that ended up on the list of banned novels. It caused controversy with his leftist political views. The negative angle on capitalism and the representation of the Okies made trouble for him, but the book remained a success and is considered by many to be his best work.

John Steinbeck's works have become popular SchoolStudyMedia and are still read today, [[TearJerker traumatizing]] generations of American children for ever after.

* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: His books are as realistic as modern literature gets.His books were about real people [[TheGreatDepression living through a really dark time in human history]].

* AuthorTract

In 1952, he gave the introductory narrations for the short stories of a film adaptation of [[Creator/OHenry O. Henry's Full House]].

!!!Tropes associated with his works:

* SlidingScaleOfRealisticVersusFantastic: His books were about real people [[TheGreatDepression living through a really dark time in human history]].

He was born by the Salinas river in UsefulNotes/{{California}} out in the country, which affected many of the settings of his works. A simple man, he labored alongside the migrant workers that inspired him. After leaving Stanford University without a degree, he set off his career with ''Tortilla Flat'', a novel set in post-UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Monterey. His Dust Bowl novels set in California garnered critical success and became some of his most popular works, such as ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''. ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath'' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940, and became a controversial but influential work that ended up on the list of banned novels. It caused controversy with his liberal political views. The negative angle on capitalism and the representation of the Okies made trouble for him, but the book remained a success and is considered by many to be his best work.