John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 and died on December 20, 1968
Steinbeck studied at Stanford University from 1920 to 1925. Although he intended to become a marine biologist, he never completed a degree. While there he wrote frequently and was often in the school news paper.
He went to New York determined to be a writer. Between 1925 and 1927, he attempted to earn a living as a reporter and a free-lance writer, but was unsuccessful.
Steinbeck published his first novel in 1929 and it was called "Cup of Gold".
He wrote of "Of Mice and Men" in 1937.
John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.
John Steinbeck's body was buried in Salinas, California, the place of his birth and setting of many of his novels.