![]() ![]() He married and moved to Pacific Grove in 1930, where his father gave him a house and a small income while he continued to write. His first two novels were not successful. ![]() ![]() He attended Stanford intermittently between 19, then moved to New York City, where he worked as a manual laborer and a journalist while writing stories and novels. ![]() Steinbeck was a good student and president of his senior class in high school. He was born and raised in the Salinas Valley, where his father was a county official and his mother a former schoolteacher. Like The Grapes of Wrath, much of Steinbeck’s work dealt with his native state of California. One of Steinbeck’s most effective works of social commentary, the novel also won the National Book Award. The book combines simple, plain-spoken language and compelling plot with rich description. They encounter only more difficulties and a downward slide into poverty. The book traces the fictional Joad family of Oklahoma as they lose their family farm and move to California in search of a better life. On May 6, 1940, John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. ![]()
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