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John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck
Image: McFadden Publications, Inc.; no photographer credited; photo likely the work of Sonya Noskowiak, as Steinbeck is wearing the same clothes from her 1935 studio session that produced the work shown here: https://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.74 · Public domain · source

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters".

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Alexandre KojèveApril 28, 1902 – June 4, 1968
  2. Arne JacobsenFebruary 11, 1902 – March 24, 1971
  3. John Steinbeck (this page)February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968
  4. Lucio CostaFebruary 27, 1902 – June 13, 1998
  5. Luis BarragánMarch 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988
  6. Mortimer J. AdlerDecember 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001

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