Steinbeck Biogrphy: Peyton Stephens and Joe Rivera 1st period

John Steinbeck is born

Feb 27, 1902

John Steinbeck was born on feburary 27 1902 in Salinas, California.

Steinbeck enrolls in college

Sep 17, 1919

In 1919 Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University.

drops out of college

Sep 17, 1925

John Steinbeck droped out of college in 1925 without a degree.

Cup Of Gold

Sep 17, 1929

Steinbecks first novel

Pastures of Heaven

Sep 17, 1932

Stienbeck writes Pastures of Heaven

To a God Unknown

Sep 17, 1933

Stienbeck writes To a God Unknown

Tortilla Flat

Sep 17, 1935

Stienbeck writes Tortilla Flat

Mice and Men

Sep 17, 1937

Stienbeck writes Mice and Men

The Grapes of Wrath

Sep 17, 1939

Stienbecks The Grapes of Wrath

Pulitzer Prize

Sep 17, 1940

The Grapes of Wrath sold 10,000 copies a week which eventually earned Steinbeck a Pulitzer Prize in 1940.

Cannery Row

Sep 17, 1945

Steinbeck writes Cannery Row

Burning Bright

Sep 17, 1950

Stienbeck writes Burning Bright

East of Eden

Sep 17, 1952

Stienbeck writes East of Eden

Nobel Prize

Sep 17, 1962

In 1962 Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Stienbeck dies

Dec 20, 1968

He died of heart disease on December 20, 1968, in his New York City home.