Steinbeck

American

[stahyn-bek] / ˈstaɪn bɛk /

noun

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

Steinbeck British

/ ˈstaɪnbɛk /

noun

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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Both Steinbeck and Zoe Kazan infer that something happened to Cathy when she was very young.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Not wanting you to miss his meaning, if you haven’t already guessed by the title, Steinbeck has a character read the entire passage from Genesis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The trouble is that since we cannot know what she wanted, we will never know whether or not she got it,” Steinbeck says of Cathy.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Steinbeck creates a microcosm of American society, where disability, gender, race and class are all represented and shaped by an economic hierarchy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The other books were by T. S. Eliot and Steinbeck.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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