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

This outdoor thriller wouldn’t be misplaced on a shelf alongside certain tales by Faulkner, Hemingway or Steinbeck.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Salinas I headed to Sang’s Café, where Steinbeck had been a regular.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Journal’s list of influential books about the workplace includes titles by Benjamin Franklin, Dale Carnegie, Betty Friedan and John Steinbeck.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s that Steinbeck quote about people viewing themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires — I’m more important than I am at my current station of life — and I feel like that’s come back.

From Los Angeles Times

There are also Dashiell Hammett’s “The Maltese Falcon,” originally published as a serial in Black Hat magazine, and John Steinbeck’s first novel, “Cup of Gold.”

From Los Angeles Times