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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

He praised John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” for its descriptions of capitalist exploitation and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” for the light it shed on slavery in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From The Wall Street Journal