John Steinbeck, Briefly Reviewed and Analyzed

John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas California, shortly after the end of the Civil War. His mother was a schoolteacher in the public school system in Salinas. Steinbeck grew up in the fertile California where he found the materials for most of his novels, and short stories. Steinbeck demonstrated a great imagination, which was kindled by writing at a very early age partly due to his mother, the schoolteacher, whom read to him …

…hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature” Throughout his life John Steinbeck remained a private person who shunned publicity. He dies December 20, 1968, in New York City and is survived by his third wife, Elaine Steinbeck and one son, Thomas. John Steinbeck’s ashes were placed in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Salinas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**