John Steinbeck's Life By fallowsvl Feb 27, 1902 Steinbeck was born http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-mty-stnbeck/steinbeck-timeline.html Period: Feb 27, 1902 to Dec 20, 1968 John Steinbeck's life span Jan 9, 1914 World War 1 starts Jan 9, 1919 Steinbeck attended Stanford university http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-mty-stnbeck/steinbeck-timeline.html Jan 9, 1919 John Graduated Highschool Jan 9, 1929 U.S Stock Markert Crashed Jan 9, 1930 John Married Carol Henning Jan 9, 1933 Quarter of the population unempolyed Jan 9, 1934 John's Mother Died Jan 9, 1935 John's Father Died Jan 11, 1937 Of Mice and Men was published Jan 9, 1939 The Grapes of Wrath was published Jan 11, 1939 World War 2 began Jan 11, 1940 He won the Pulitzer Prize fiction award Jan 11, 1942 he divorced Carol Jan 11, 1944 He bought his childhood dream house Jun 12, 1946 Steinbeck's second son John VI was born Jan 11, 1950 He married his last and final wife Jan 11, 1962 Steinbeck won the nobel peace prize Dec 20, 1968 Sadly John Steinbeck died