Steinbeck

American  

[stahyn-bek] / ˈstaɪn bɛk /

noun

1. John (Ernst) 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel Prize 1962.

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Steinbeck British  

/ ˈstaɪnbɛk /

noun

1. John ( Ernst ). 1902–68, US writer, noted for his novels about agricultural workers, esp The Grapes of Wrath (1939): Nobel prize for literature 1962

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Example Sentences

The Great Depression spawned mass unemployment and economic hardship, but it was also the era of Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck, “Gone With the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Fourth-year student McKenna Steinbeck had moments of regret in her first semester.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

There were other influences: He was reportedly a voracious reader of Victor Hugo, John Steinbeck and Leo Tolstoy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Auden was a champion of his work, as was Nobel-prize winner John Steinbeck.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

On an impulse he turned off Main Street and walked up Central Avenue to number 130, the high white house of Ernest Steinbeck.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck