Steinbeck+Biography

John Steinbeck was born February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California and died December 20, 1968. He wrote a totaly of 27 books. He wrote sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Many of Steinbeck novels are about how life is rough, how it is really hard to make money, and about economic problems. Steinbeck uses a lot of dialogue in his book. His use of dialogue makes it easy to understand the characters' background and where they come from.

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