Timeline John Steinbeck

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• 1902 John Steinbeck born in Salinas, California John Ernst Steinbeck is born in Salinas, the farming valley that becomes the setting of much of his work.
• 1919 Steinbeck enters Stanford John Steinbeck studies English at Stanford on and off for six years and leaves without a degree.
• 1929 Steinbeck publishes Cup of Gold John Steinbeck's first novel, about the pirate Henry Morgan, appears weeks before the Wall Street Crash.
• 1935 Steinbeck publishes Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck's comic novel of paisanos in Monterey is his first success.
• 1937 Steinbeck publishes Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck's novella of George and Lennie is a bestseller, and his stage version wins the New York Drama Critics' award.
• 1939 Steinbeck publishes The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck's novel of the Joad family fleeing the Dust Bowl is a bestseller, banned and burned in places, and wins the Pulitzer Prize.
• 1940 Steinbeck sails the Sea of Cortez John Steinbeck joins his friend Ed Ricketts on a marine collecting trip in the Gulf of California. John Ford films The Grapes of Wrath.
• 1943 Steinbeck becomes a war correspondent John Steinbeck reports from England, North Africa and Italy for the New York Herald Tribune.
• 1945 Steinbeck publishes Cannery Row John Steinbeck's novel of Monterey's sardine-canning street features a character based on Ed Ricketts.
• 1952 Steinbeck publishes East of Eden John Steinbeck's epic of two families in the Salinas Valley, which he considered his greatest work, appears.
• 1955 Steinbeck's East of Eden filmed Elia Kazan's film of John Steinbeck's novel makes James Dean a star.
• 1962 Steinbeck publishes Travels with Charley John Steinbeck's account of a road trip across America with his poodle Charley appears.
• 1962 John Steinbeck wins the Nobel Prize in Literature John Steinbeck is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1968 John Steinbeck dies in New York John Steinbeck dies of heart failure in New York. His ashes are buried in Salinas.