John Steinbeck

Introduction
In this biography you will learn about John Steinbeck's personal life, and his life as a writer. Though John Steinbeck is a famous American writer, he did not receive recognition until several years after he started writing.

Early life
John Steinbeck was born in the town of Salinas California, on February, 1902. His full name is John Ernst Steinbeck. He was named after his father, John Steinbeck Sr. Steinbeck was born of Irish and German decent. His mother, Olive Steinbeck was a teacher at a school. Steinbeck seemed to have a love for reading and writing. Over summers he worked as an assistant at nearby ranches. For high school he went to the Salinas high school. In 1919 he finally graduated from Salinas high school. He then went to the Stanford University. He worked at various jobs while he was there, and finally in 1925 he left Stanford. When he left, he went to New York to begin his dream to become a writer. Unfortunately none of his writing actually got published so he decided to return to California. Eventually in 1929 his first book, “Cup Of Gold” was published, but unfortunately it was not very popular. Later on he made two more books “The Pastures Of Havens” and “To a God Unknown”, but they were also very unknown. He just was not having much luck with writing.

Middle Age
In 1930 at the age of 28 he got married to Carol Henning. Him and his wife moved out to the Pacific Grove where John Steinbeck started to write “Tortilla Flat” and “Cannery Row”. In 1935 he Published “Tortilla Flat” and finally he made a popular book. He won “California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal” for best book written by a author from California. John kept on writing books.Steinbeck was a war correspondent in World War II. He actually took some of his experience from the war and put in one of his books “Once There Was a War”. In 1962 Steinbeck won a prize for literature, mostly for his realistic and creative books.

Conclusion
In conclusion, John Steinbeck was a very good writer but was a very private person who never liked much attention. John Steinbeck Finally died on December 20, 1968 of a heart attack in New York city. He was cremated and his ashes were kept at his family gravesite at The Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Salinas.