John+Steinbeck



__JOHN STEINBECK!__ · Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas, California and came from a moderate means family. Was used as a setting for many of his stories (Of Mice and Men). · Steinbeck was 28yrs old at the start of the Great Depression which is used as the context to many of his stories, economic struggle. · He lived in a small rural town and had his inspiration of writing and reading from his mother. · His books deal with economic problems and rural labour. · After stopping school he went to New York to pursue his writing career, he took and had many odd jobs- he worked as a farm laborer as well. His first attempt failed. · He got married in 1930 (start of the Great Depression) · He was married twice after divorcing his first wife. · Wanted to represent the victims of the great depression. · he served as a foreign correspondent in World war 11 · at school he was known to be anti- social · The only boy in his family. · He was a very skilled writer and wrote not only short stories. He wrote plays, screenplays and novels including: - Tortilla flat - The red pony - The moon is down - Cannery row - The pearl
 * These are some short novels written by him. PASTURES OF HEAVEN and THE LONG VALLEY also featured Salinas valley played a main role of the setting. He used his life experiences and living area to help in the creation of his novels.
 * John Steinbeck received a Nobel Prize for literature in 1962.
 * Steinbeck’s motivation came from his experiences during the great depression (1929-1941).