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John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. He was born in Salinas, California, a region that served as the setting for many of his most successful works. Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University but eventually dropped out to focus on writing. He received critical acclaim in 1935 for his novel Tortilla Flat, which was a bestseller. Of Mice and Men, published in 1937, was also hugely successful and was meant to be a novella or play. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, was a far-reaching work that won Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prize and became a seminal film. Steinbeck died in 1968 of a heart attack

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John Steinbeck (1902-1968) was an American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. He was born in Salinas, California, a region that served as the setting for many of his most successful works. Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University but eventually dropped out to focus on writing. He received critical acclaim in 1935 for his novel Tortilla Flat, which was a bestseller. Of Mice and Men, published in 1937, was also hugely successful and was meant to be a novella or play. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, was a far-reaching work that won Steinbeck the Pulitzer Prize and became a seminal film. Steinbeck died in 1968 of a heart attack

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JOHN STEINBECK

Watch the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3irviknt-fg and fill in the missing information about
the life and work of John Steinbeck.

The winner of the Nobel 4962 voice


………….. Prize in ……………… , John Steinbeck ……………………… to
gave
working-class America. Despite the fact that he wrote about hobos, tramps, and Okies, he made them
elatable
r……………………… share
because he stressed the universal condition we all ………………. .

Salinas , California.
1902
John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27th in ………….. in …………………..
This region later became a ……………………… for his most successful literary works.
setting
dropped
In 1919 Steinbeck enrolled at the University of Stanford, but eventually he ……………………. . He out
devoted himself to writing, but was barely scraping by. Finally, he received critical acclaim in 1935
with ………………………… , which was a huge bestseller. It sold in 26 000 copies which was
astonishing at the time of Great ……………………………….
Deppression . in the USA.

1937 is a n…………….. and it also turned out to be a huge success.


Of Mice and Men, published in ………. ovela
At that time Steinbeck was playing with a new form of writing and he meant for Mice and Men to be

a novelette
………………………………………………………………..
play
.

According to one of the speakers on the video, what appealed to the readers about Of Mice and Men
was that it dealt realistically with two issues important at that time:
1/ …………………………………….
great depression
difficulties to
2/ ……………………………………. some find were
emotional chord
Readers also loved ………………………………………………………………………………………...

far
prize
The Grapes of Wrath was a …………………. - winning work of John Steinbeck, which became an
immediate bestseller. The screen version of this book became one of the first 25 films selected for

libraryof
preservation by the ………………………………………..
congress . It is a true masterpiece
…………………….. in cinema
history.

1968
Steinbeck died on December 20th …………… heart attack . He left a legacy of …………..
of a ………………….. 27
books.

adapted from BIOGRAPHY youtube channel; John Steinbeck - Nobel Prize Author | Mini Bio | BIO
by Aleksandra Sobala-Woźniak

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