John Earnest Steinbeck (27 February 1902 - 20 December 1968) Writer American mid - 20th century whose works described often California.

Born in Salinas (California), son of John, Treasurer, and Olivia Steinbeck, teaching. has three sisters. Study in Salinas, and then click Stanford University. plays different jobs, then leaves her studies and to New York in 1925. a short period of time in the New York American, but returns to Salinas in 1926.

In 1929 type his first novel, Gold Cup (cup of gold: a life of Sir Henry Morgan, buccaneer, with occasional reference to history), a fiction historic based on the life of Henry Morgan, which is not successful. In 1930 marries Carol Henning and moved to Pacific Grove where meet Edward Ricketts, marine biologist with which will have a great friendship.

In 1932, publishes the pastures of heaven, a set of stories located in the city of Monterrey. In 1933, publishes the red Pony and to a God Unknown. Her mother dies in 1934 and her father in 1935. In that same year type omelette flat with which receives its first prize literary – the gold medal to the best novel written by a Californian granted by the Commonwealth Club of California. This compendium of stories humorísticas get some success. Lock friendship with your editor, Pascal covici.

With of Mice and Men and in dubious battle, published in 1936, his works acquire more seriously. Awarded the New York drama critics Award. After the long valley in 1937 and their blood is strong – One feature on immigrant workers in 1938, publishes the grapes of wrath in 1939, is your best work. however, believe that his entered is too revolutionary to be successful, reaches an agreement with your editor a circulation small. The book reaches the success but criticises the language used as well as the ideas developed. The book arrives banned in several cities of California. In 1940, when the novel is adapted to the cinema, receives the Pulitzer Prize. was Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. dies on 20 December 1968 in New York.

Throughout his life, John Steinbeck had as a symbol pigasus (pig, pork in English and Pegasus), a pig flying, “ tied to the earth but aspire to fly ”.


Works cup of gold 1929 - ("The cup of gold").

The meadows of heaven, 1932 - (editions of the wind, 2007).
The red Pony 1933 - ("the Pony red").
a God Unknown 1933 - (to a God Unknown) omelette flat 1935 in dubious battle 1936 - ("There was once a war").
The vagabundos harvest 1936 - (books of asteroide, 2007) of Mice and Men 1937 - (of Mice and Men) brute force 1937 a Russian 1938 - (a Russian Journal) Valley long 1938 - (the long Valley) the chrysantheumums 1938 the grapes of wrath 1939 - (grapes of wrath) the fall of the Moon (the moon is down) 1942 cannery row 1945 the pearl 1947 - (the pearl) the bus lost 1947.
by the Sea of Cortés 1951.
East of Eden 1952 - (East of Eden) Viva Zapata 1952.
Thursday sweet 1954 - (sweet on Thursday) the short reign of "Pippin IV 1957 [the brief reign of Pippin IV] the winter of our discontent 1961 - (" bad ").
Travel with Charley for America 1962 (travels with Charley in search of America) North America and the Americans 1968.
The acts of King Arthur and his noble Knights