Writer

John Steinbeck

1902 – 1968

Active years (films on this site)

1944–1955

Genres

DramaWarAdventureRomanceBiography

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodLatin American Cinema

Directors worked with

Elia Kazan2 filmsAlfred Hitchcock1 filmEmilio Fernández1 film

Biography

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century, he was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.

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Awards and honours

International

• Pulitzer Prize for the Novel 1940
• Bancarella Selection Prize 1955
• Nobel Prize in Literature 1962
• King Haakon VII Freedom Cross

National / local

• National Book Award for Fiction 1939
• Presidential Medal of Freedom 1964
• California Hall of Fame 2007

4 films on this site

1. Lifeboat 1944 · Alfred Hitchcock · IMDb 7.6 · Writer
2. La perla 1947 · Emilio Fernández · IMDb 7.4 · Writer
3. Viva Zapata! 1952 · Elia Kazan · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
4. East of Eden 1955 · Elia Kazan · IMDb 7.8 · Writer