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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

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 • Mar. 7, 2025

According to Jackson Benson’s biography of Steinbeck, the writer hid his identity while he was with Collins because he was afraid of retaliation by the Associated Farmers and other growers’ organizations.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024

It pulls my attention away from John Steinbeck.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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