John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".
Background
- Born in
- Salinas
- Educated at
- Stanford UniversitySalinas High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Nobel Prize in Literature🏆 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel🏆 King Haakon VII Freedom Cross🏆 National Book Award for Fiction
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
"It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits…"
"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."
"In every bit of honest writing in the world … there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and near…"
"I do understand. I understand that you are offered a loveliness and you vomit on it, that you have the gift of love given you such as few men have ever known and you throw on it the acid of your pride…"
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Timeline
1902
Born
Birth1968
Died
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