Monday, March 26, 2007

Nobel Prize Winner John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck is one of the major writers of the 20th century. You may have heard of "The Grapes of Wrath" or "Of Mice and Men", but have you heard of "In Dubious Battle"? Steinbeck mostly wrote of laborers and migrant farm workers and other common people. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. Check out the links below to find out a lot more about John Steinbeck. Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California and died in 1968.

Click on the title of today's post to visit The Library of America's John Steinbeck page. The Library of America is a non-profit organization that makes great literature available in quality hardback editions. The Library of America is interested in great literature whether or not it has been commercially successful.

Answers.com In Dubious Battle section

The Martha Heasley Cox Center For Steinbeck Studies at San Jose State University

The National Steinbeck Center

Steinbeck Biograpy

Steinbeck's California Novels

Steinbeck Wikipedia Entry

Steinbeck Nobelprize.org Page

Chronology of Published Works


Library of America

NobelPrize.org

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