Lila L. Anastas has said of John Steinbeck: "Steinbeck

the person wanted ... to experience everything and then

write about it. He was the versatile author of over thirty

full-length books and short story collections, as well as

plays, filmscripts, numerous articles, and volumes of

letters. He received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1962.

In my view, he is one of the top ten American novelists, not

just because he was a great storyteller but because he dealt

with important concepts and universal themes" (150).

Steinbeck's reputation as both a person and a writer has

been considered on the negative side of perfection.

Considered a very private person, not impressed by his own

or others acquisition of wealth, he is rumored to have had a

His was not a success story that followed the normal

pattern for writers of his day and caliber. A few of his

books were banned at the time of publication (including

Grapes Of Wrath) because of their language and rebellious

spirit. His depiction of certain components of society have

been met with disbelief and anger. However, Steinbeck is,

without a doubt, one of the greatest writers

I had to the best of my ability. I chose the second, and I

mostly seen as vagabonds and idlers. Theirs is the

Company near Salinas. In 1925, Steinbeck left Stanford

of the Joad family. He was an eccentric loner, and a lonely

manner. Not all realism must come from personal experience,

portrayed as drifters who care more for their next drink

fortune as a writer. He returned to California in a year.

I had then two choices only--to throw it over or to use what

"As a writer and a man, Steinbeck did have strikes

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