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(1902-1968) Novelist, playwright. John Steinbeck lived at Sneden’s Landing near Palisades, New York, in 1942, and in Sag Harbor, New York, during the summers of the 1950s until his death in 1968; Southampton College has set up a place for writers in his memory. He also lived at 175 East 78th Street in Manhattan, New York. The United States Postal Service honored John Steinbeck in 1979 with the issuance of its first stamp in the Literary Arts series. He was the father of novelist Thomas Steinbeck.

Full Name

John Steinbeck

Locations

Rockland

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Southampton College has a place for writers as a memorial to Mr. Steinbeck.

1902

BIRTH

John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902.

1925

RESIDENCE

Steinbeck moved to New York and was a resident, for a time, of the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

1929

LITWORK

Cup of Gold


Novel.

1932

LITWORK

The Pastures of Heaven


Short stories.

1933

LITWORK

To a God Unknown


Novel.

1935

LITWORK

Tortilla Flat


Novel.

1937

LITWORK

Of Mice and Men


Novel.

1939

LITWORK

The Grapes Of Wrath


Novel; winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

1942

RESIDENCE

Steinbeck lived at Sneden's Landing near Palisades, New York in 1942.

1942

LITWORK

The Moon is Down


Novel.

1945

LITWORK

Cannery Row


Novel.

1946

RESIDENCE

Mr. Steinbeck lived at 175 East 78th Street in Manhattan, New York, from 1946 until 1949.

1950

RESIDENCE

Steinbeck lived in Sag Harbor, New York during the summers of the 1950s until his death in 1968.

1952

LITWORK

East of Eden


Novel.

1957

LITWORK

The Short Reign of Pippin IV


Novel.

1962

OTHER

Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.

1968

DEATH

John Steinbeck died in New York, New York in 1968.

1968

INTERMENT

John Steinbeck's remains were cremated and buried in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park, Salinas, Monterey County, California.

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