Steinbeck

[stahyn-bek]

noun

John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/, 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.

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The Washington Post followed up with an op-ed on the “Recession Only Steinbeck Could Love.”
Is There a Ma Joad for the Piketty Era?
Katie Baker
July 1, 2014
Steinbeck, too, seemed to think that a sort of economic reckoning was close at hand when he invented the Joads in late 1938.
Is There a Ma Joad for the Piketty Era?
Katie Baker
July 1, 2014
But often Steinbeck was traveling across the western U.S., with no good fishing or foraging to be had.
Menu for a Moveable Feast: 10 Famous Authors and Their Favorite Foods & Recipes
Nicole Villeneuve
October 12, 2012
While Steinbeck journeyed with his loyal French poodle, Buzzell has only a 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente as a companion.
Great Weekend Reads
Malcolm Jones, Matt Gallagher, Saul Austerlitz, Sharon Steel
September 11, 2011
Steinbeck wrote his classic novel Grapes of Wrath after working closely with a radical union of farm and packing-house workers.
What Happened to Labor?
Michael Kazin
September 4, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for steinbeck

Steinbeck

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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