John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (27 de februario 1902 in Salinas, California, SUA – 20 de decembre 1968 in Nove York, Nove York, SUA) esseva un autor statounitese. Ille ganiava le Premio Nobel pro Litteratura in 1962 "pro su scriptos realistic e imaginative, que combina humor compatiente e perception social penetrante."
| John Steinbeck | |
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| Sexo | mascule |
| Nascentia | 1902-02-27 (Salinas) |
| Decesso | 1968-12-20 (Harlem, New York) |
| Causa de decesso | insufficientia cardiac[*], cardiovascular disease[*] |
| Loco de reposo | Salinas[*], California |
| Ethnicitate | gente statounitese[*] |
| Citatania | Statos Unite de America |
| Educate in | Stanford University, Salinas High School[*] |
| Occupation | scriptor, scenarista[*], war correspondent[*], romancero[*] |
| Obras notabile | Of Mice and Men[*], The Grapes of Wrath[*], East of Eden[*] |
| Religion | agnosticismo |
| Conjuge | Elaine Anderson Steinbeck[*], Gwyn Conger[*], Carol Henning[*] |
| Infantes | John Steinbeck IV[*], Thomas Steinbeck[*] |
| Parentes | matre Olive Hamilton[*] patre John Steinbeck[*] |
| Premios | Premio Nobel pro Litteratura, Presidential Medal of Freedom[*], National Book Award for Fiction[*], California Hall of Fame[*], Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[*], King Haakon VII Freedom Cross[*] |
| Lingua | anglese |
| Signatura |
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| Identificatores | |
| ISNI | 0000000121445760 |
| VIAF | 96992551, 48715287 |
| IMDB | nm0825705 |
| Commons | John Steinbeck |
Durante su carriera, Steinbeck scribeva 33 libros, inclusive 16 romances, sex libros non-fictional e duo collectiones de historias breve. Su obras famose include le romances comic Tortilla Flat (1935) e Cannery Row (1945), le romance epic East of Eden (1952), e le novellas The Red Pony (1933) e Of Mice and Men (1937). The Grapes of Wrath (1939) es largemente considerate su obra maestral. Multe obras de Steinbeck loca in le region central de California, ubi ille nasceva e esseva elevate. Illos sovente explora le themas de fato e injustitia, specialmente in le vitas de lor protagonistas opprimite o ordinari.