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John Steinbeck was a Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning American author. He wrote twenty-seven books within his lifetime, and became influential in his writing style and views.
He was born in 1902 by the Salinas river in California out in the country, which effected many of the settings of his works. A simple man, he labored alongside the migrant workers that inspired him. After leaving Stanford University without a degree, he set off his career with ''Tortilla Flat'', a novel set in post-[[World War I]] Monterey. His Dust Bowl novels set in California garnered critical success and became some of his most popular works, such as ''[[
Steinbeck is known for showing the poor as decent people and the underdogs, and putting his views into his work. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 before he died in 1968. John Steinbeck's works have become popular [[School Study Media]] and are still read today, [[Tear Jerker|traumatizing]] generations of American children for ever after.
=== Notable works by John Steinbeck ===
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* ''[[Cannery Row]]''
* ''[[The Red Pony]]''
* ''[[East of Eden]]''
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* ''[[King Arthur|The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights]]''
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==== Tropes associated with his works: ====
* [[Author Tract]]
* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Steinbeck died before finishing his modern English translation of ''[[Le Morte
* [[Death
* [[Downer Ending]]: Reading Steinbeck is sort of like driving past a bad traffic accident. You know someone who probably didn't deserve to die has died, but you ''have'' to look.
* [[It Got Worse]]
* [[Kitchen Sink Drama]]
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Steinbeck is to California what [[
* [[School Study Media]]
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]
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