The Life of John Steinbeck By mo2321 Feb 27, 1902 Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California Jan 1, 1916 Decides to beome a writer. Jan 1, 1919 Enrolls at Stanford University. Jan 1, 1925 Drops out of Stanford to be a writer. Jan 1, 1929 Wrote his first novel, Cup of Gold. Also met and married first wife, Carol. Jan 1, 1932 Second novel, Pastures of Heaven. Jan 1, 1933 Wrote To A God Unknown Jan 1, 1935 Wrote Tortilla Flat Jan 1, 1936 Wrote In Dubious Battle Jan 1, 1937 Wrote Of Mice and Men Jan 1, 1938 Wrote The Long Valley Jan 1, 1939 Wrote The Grapes of Wrath Jan 1, 1940 Won a Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath Jan 1, 1941 Traveled and wrote The Sea of Cortez Jan 1, 1945 Wrote Cannery Row Jan 1, 1950 Wrote Burning Bright Jan 1, 1952 Wrote East of Eden Sep 19, 1961 Wrote Winter of Our Discontent Jan 1, 1962 Wrote Travels With Charley: In Search of America. Also won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Dec 20, 1968 Died of Heart Disease in New York City.
