Saturday, February 17, 2007

John Steinbeck, 1902-1968


Steinbeck
Originally uploaded by Timmy Tebow.

Best writer ever. Period.

Some of Steinbeck's most well known novels are: East of Eden; Grapes of Wrath; Of Mice and Men; The Winter of our Discontent; In Dubious Battle; and several others.

Steinbeck was fond of writing about the place he grew up, Salinas, CA, and the people who suffered during the Depression. Known for his ambiguous endings, Steinbeck relied on his reader to infer information in order to reach a conclusion about the novels' endings.

Official website: http://www.steinbeck.org

An excellent and comprehensive resource: http://www.steinbeck.sjsu.edu/home/index.jsp

Introduction for Steinbeck at his Nobel Prize banquet: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/press.html

Steinbeck's Nobel Prize acceptance speech: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-speech.html

2 comments:

latin lover said...

um im going to a ton of concerts im talking lik 15 16 ... and have u ever met steibeck or is he dead

Tim Pollock said...

Santi,

See the part of the title that says "John Steinbeck, 1902-1968"?

Umm...