John Steinbeck
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In recent years Steinbeck has been elevated to a more prominent status among American writers of his generation. If not quite at the world-class artistic level of a Hemingway or a Faulkner, he is nonetheless read very widely throughout the world by readers of all ages who consider him one of the mostra altro most "American" of writers. Born in Salinas County, California on February 27, 1902, Steinbeck was of German-Irish parentage. After four years as a special student at Stanford University, he went to New York, where he worked as a reporter and as a hod carrier. Returning to California, he devoted himself to writing, with little success; his first three books sold fewer than 3,000 copies. Tortilla Flat (1935), dealing with the paisanos, California Mexicans whose ancestors settled in the country 200 years ago, established his reputation. In Dubious Battle (1936), a labor novel of a strike and strike-breaking, won the gold medal of the Commonwealth Club of California. Of Mice and Men (1937), a long short story that turns upon a melodramatic incident in the tragic friendship of two farm hands, written almost entirely in dialogue, was an experiment and was dramatized in the year of its publication, winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It brought him fame. Out of a series of articles that he wrote about the transient labor camps in California came the inspiration for his greatest book, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), the odyssey of the Joad family, dispossessed of their farm in the Dust Bowl and seeking a new home, only to be driven on from camp to camp. The fiction is punctuated at intervals by the author's voice explaining this new sociological problem of homelessness, unemployment, and displacement. As the American novel "of the season, probably the year, possibly the decade," it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1940. It roused America and won a broad readership by the unusual simplicity and tenderness with which Steinbeck treated social questions. Even today, The Grapes of Wrath remains alive as a vivid account of believable human characters seen in symbolic and universal terms as well as in geographically and historically specific ones. Ma Joad is one of the most memorable characters in twentieth-century American fiction. It is her courage that sustains the family. Steinbeck's best and most ambitious novel after The Grapes of Wrath is East of Eden (1952), a saga of two American families in California from before the Civil War through World War I. Cannery Row (1945), The Wayward Bus (1947), and Sweet Thursday (1955) are lighter works that find Steinbeck returning to the lighthearted tone of Tortilla Flat as he recounts picaresque adventures of modern-day picaros. The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) struck some reviewers as being appropriately titled because of its despairing treatment of humanity's fall from grace in a wasteland world where money is king. Steinbeck also wrote important nonfiction, including Russian Journal (1948) in collaboration with the photographer Robert Capa; Once There Was a War (1958) and America and Americans (1966), which features pictures by 55 leading photographers and a 70-page essay by Steinbeck. His interest in marine biology led to two books primarily about sea life, Sea of Cortez (1941) (with Edward F. Ricketts) and The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951). Travels with Charley (1962) is an engaging account of his journey of rediscovery of America, which took him through approximately 40 states. Steinbeck was married three times and died in New York City on December 20, 1968 of heart disease and congestive heart failure. He was 66, and had been a life-long smoker. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.
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Opere di John Steinbeck
Cannery Row | East of Eden | Grapes of Wrath | The Moon is Down | Of Mice and Men (1976) — Autore — 408 copie
Missione compiuta: storia della squadra di un bombardiere durante la seconda guerra mondiale (1942) 222 copie
Grapes of Wrath, The Winter of our Discontent, and Short Novels (Tortilla Flat, Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, Moon is… (1961) — Autore — 19 copie
John Steinbeck three volume set: The Grapes of Wrath, Short Novels and The Winter of Our Discontent (1961) 10 copie
[unidentified works] 9 copie
Amerikaanse verhalen 7 copie
Los hechos del Rey Arturo y sus nobles caballeros según los manuscritos de Winchester de Thomas Malory y otras… (1985) 7 copie
La valle dell'Eden (voll. 3) 6 copie
The Leader of the People 5 copie
Letters to Elizabeth. A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis. Edited by Florian J. Shasky and… (1978) 5 copie
The Long Valley | The Pearl 5 copie
East of Eden; The Wayward Bus 5 copie
East of Eden (2 of 3) 4 copie
La luna è tramontata 4 copie
Best-in-Books: Great American Short Novels - Lost Horizon / Red Pony / Third Man / Single Pebble / Light in the Piazza… (1966) 4 copie
THIRTEEN (13) GREAT STORIES: The Long Valley; The Chrysanthemums; The White Quail; The Leader of the People; The Great… (1943) 4 copie
Three Slipcased Volumes: Novels 1932-1937, The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936-1941, Novels 1942-1952 (The… (1996) 4 copie
LES RAISINS DE LA COLERE 3 copie
El omnibus perdido La perla 3 copie
East of Eden (1 of 3) 3 copie
Tortilla Flat 3 copie
John Steinbeck's The red pony 3 copie
Tutto il teatro 2 copie
East of Eden & Grapes Of Wrath 2 copie
Öster Om Eden Del II 2 copie
Öster Om Eden Del I 2 copie
Of mice and men 2 copie
The Pastures of Heaven 2 copie
MEKTUPLARDA BİR YAŞAM 2 copie
Т. 2. 2 copie
The Pearl (abridged) 2 copie
John Steinbeck papers 2 copie
13 Great Stories 2 copie
La rasarit de Eden vol2 2 copie
Т. 1. 2 copie
The Critics' Prize Plays 1 copia
The Pearl & thee Red Pony 1 copia
La quaglia bianca - I crisantemi - La colazione — Autore — 1 copia
Grona gniewu 1 copia
Boêmios Erantes - - Volume 58 1 copia
As Vinhas da Ira - volume 1 1 copia
Nine Stories 1 copia
Collected Short Stories 1 copia
Von Mäusen und Menschen 1 copia
වහලක් නැති මාළිගාව 1 copia
Pian della tortilla romanzo 1 copia
La perla 1 copia
Negotova bitka 1 copia
Este del edén , Al 1 copia
Neizvjesna bitka 1 copia
ZALUTALI AUTOBUS 1 copia
Cennet Çayırı 1 copia
The Long Valley 1 copia
La răsărit de Eden vol 1 1 copia
Boêmios Errantes 1 copia
5 best sellers 1 copia
The Pearl Stage 6 1 copia
OBRAS COMPLETAS, VOLUMEN PRIMERO 1 copia
Obras II 1 copia
Las Uvas de la Ira 1 copia
ØST FOR PARADIS 1 copia
[La valle dell'Eden] 1. 1 copia
O Inverno da nossa Desesperança 1 copia
Lal Gusse Ke Angoor 1 copia
KASIMPATLARI 1 copia
Obras Completas. Volumen Tercero 1 copia
A Rua das Ilusões Perdidas 1 copia
NJEREZ DHE MINJ 1 copia
La răsărit de Eden vol 2 1 copia
The Moon is Down 1 copia
John Steinbeck: Short Stories 1 copia
STEINBECK OF MICE AND MEN 1 copia
Story Novels 1 copia
14 Great Stories 1 copia
Hommiku pool Eedenit 1 copia
AY BATTI 1 copia
Quel fantastico Giovedì 1 copia
John Steinbeck - Collected Works 1 copia
The Elf in Algiers 1 copia
Reading & Training : John Steinbeck : Of mice and men [book + sound recording] (2011) — Writer — 1 copia
Biblioteca de selecciones del Reader's Digest. Cuaderno prohibido. Madame Curie. El invierno de nuestra amargura. La… — Collaboratore — 1 copia
O Potro Vermelho Livro 18 1 copia
Steinbeck Reads Steinbeck (Audio cd) (Adaptation of selected short stories from John Steinbeck's "The Long Valley") (1993) 1 copia
John Steinbeck bio/works 1 copia
Kaçış 1 copia
The Moon is Down | Cannery Row 1 copia
John Steinbeck, Octopus/Heinmann — Autore — 1 copia
Vredens druer 1 copia
Steinbeck - Premio Nobel 1962 1 copia
El caballero de las dos espadas 1 copia
Verdoolde mensen 1 copia
Piratenschiff voraus! 1 copia
East of Eden Volumes 1, 2 &3 1 copia
Charley and the Redwood Tree 1 copia
Over the Hill 1 copia
Johnny Bear 1 copia
Cannery Row | East of Eden | Grapes of Wrath | Of Mice and Men | The Pearl | Travels with Charley 1 copia
The Affair at 7 Rue de M— 1 copia
Your Only Weapon Is Your Work 1 copia
Na východ od raja 1 copia
Antologia do Conto Moderno 1 copia
Dust 1 copia
A Medal For Benny 1 copia
Na plechárně ; Sladký čtvrtek 1 copia
A night on Ventotene 1 copia
Maanen er skjult 1 copia
steinbeck extras 1 copia
The Raid 1 copia
La copa de oro (Cup of gold) 1 copia
The Grapes of Wrath [abridged] 1 copia
Hundadagastjorn Pippins IV 1 copia
Vanderbilt Clinic 1 copia
Die Perle Roman 1 copia
Fiesta en Familia 1 copia
Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel 1 copia
John Steinbeck's Molly Morgan 1 copia
Le gesta di Re Artù 1 copia
Altın Kupa 1 copia
La fuga 1 copia
Früchte des Zorns von John Steinbeck (Lektürehilfe): Detaillierte Zusammenfassung, Personenanalyse und… (2019) 1 copia
Breakfast 1 copia
Gabilan Amerikanische Novellen 1 copia
Byla kdysi válka 1 copia
Stories of John Steinbeck 1 copia
O Milagre de San Francisco 1 copia
Savaş Üzerine Mektuplar 1 copia
Mektuplarda Bir Yaşam 1 copia
Měsíc zapadá = The moon is down 1 copia
Była raz wojna, Bomby poszły 1 copia
DE HIMMELSKA ÄNGDERNA 1 copia
O myších a lidech ; Na plechárně 1 copia
[La valle dell'Eden] 3. 1 copia
[La valle dell'Eden] 2. 1 copia
Tortilla flat & Of mice and man 1 copia
Novels 1942-195? 1 copia
Novels & Stories 1 copia
East Of Eden The Wayward Bus 1 copia
KONUNG FÖR EN DAG 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 550 copie
A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (2003) — alcune edizioni — 489 copie
The American Short Story: A Collection of the Best Known and Most Memorable Stories by the Great American Authors (1994) — Collaboratore — 317 copie
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989) — Collaboratore — 301 copie
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Collaboratore — 257 copie
The Big Book of Favorite Horse Stories: Twenty-Five Outstanding Stories by Distinguished Authors (1965) — Collaboratore — 158 copie
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Collaboratore — 146 copie
The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language (1947) — Collaboratore — 137 copie
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Collaboratore — 131 copie
McSweeney's Issue 45 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Hitchcock and Bradbury Fistfight in Heaven (2013) — Collaboratore — 103 copie
SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume (1958) — Collaboratore — 68 copie
The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road: Tales of Life on the Move (Mammoth Books) (2003) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Agony and the Ecstasy | Winter of our Discontent | Fate is the… (1961) 39 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 2: Love, Marriage, and the Family (1966) — Collaboratore — 38 copie
Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Swords and Sorcerers: Stories from the Worlds of Fantasy and Adventure (2002) — Collaboratore — 16 copie
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970 (1970) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Many-Colored Fleece: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Catholic Fiction (2022) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Amerikanische Kurzgeschichten (American Short Stories) (English and German Edition) (1956) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
West Coast Fiction: Modern Writing from California, Oregon, and Washington (1979) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Our lives : American labor stories — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970, Volume II (1970) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
The Golden Age of Film: Four Great Novels That Captivated Hollywood (2007) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize Plays, 1935-1955 (1945) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Monarch of Goddess Island • East of Eden • The Anatomy of a Crime • Return to… (1956) 3 copie
Wives and Lovers — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Vader is de beste — Autore — 3 copie
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Livros Condensados: O Inverno do Nosso Descontentamento | O Pequeno John Willie | O Espião Que Veio do Frio | Entre os… — Autore — 2 copie
Presentask med fyra Nobelnoveller från Novellix : Steinbeck, Morrison m fl (2018) — Autore — 2 copie
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Winter of Our Discontent • A Fall of Moondust • The Day Lincoln Was Shot •… (1962) — Autore — 1 copia
Livros Condensados (Unknown Condensed Books) — Autore — 1 copia
Configurations: American Short Stories for the EFL Classroom, Advanced Level (1984) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Avon Modern Short Story Monthly No. 7 (14 Great stories by 14 Great Authors) (1943) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Twelve Great Modern Stories, A New Collection — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Lilliput Magazine. November - December 1952. Vol. 31 no. 6. Issue no. 186. — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Steinbeck, John Ernst
- Data di nascita
- 1902-02-27
- Data di morte
- 1968-12-20
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Garden of Memories del cimitero di Salinas, California, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Salinas, California, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart disease and congestive heart failure
- Istruzione
- Salinas High School
Stanford University corsi di letteratura inglese e scrittura creativa (interrotto) - Attività lavorative
- Scrittore, giornalista. cronista di guerra
giornalista per il quotidiano "New York American" di New York
custode di una residenza estiva sul lago Tahoe - Relazioni
- Steinbeck, Thomas (son)
Steinbeck Sr., John Ernst (padre)
Hamilton, Olive (madre)
Steinbeck, Esther (sorella)
Steinbeck, Elizabeth (sorella)
Steinbeck, Mary (sorella) (mostra tutto 7)
Henning, Carol (moglie) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Premio Nobel (Letteratura ∙ 1962)
Medaglia Presidenziale per la Libertà (1964) - Agente
- Elizabeth Otis
- Nota di disambiguazione
- For the author's son (1946-1991), see John Steinbeck IV.
Utenti
Discussioni
East of Eden in Folio Society Devotees (Febbraio 11)
March 2012: John Steinbeck in Monthly Author Reads (Novembre 2018)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Pearl in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Dicembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Main Thread in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Dicembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Travels with Charley in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Dicembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Tortilla Flat in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Novembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: In Dubious Battle in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Ottobre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Red Pony in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Settembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: East of Eden in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Settembre 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Of Mice and Men in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Agosto 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Grapes of Wrath in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Agosto 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Moon is Down in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Mag 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Winter of Our Discontent in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Aprile 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: The Wayward Bus in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Marzo 2012)
Steinbeckathon 2012: Cannery Row in 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Febbraio 2012)
Book Discussion: Arthurian Themed Read *Spoiler Free* in The Green Dragon (Marzo 2008)
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- Popolarità
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- 4.0
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- 3,041
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Capolavoro della maturità di Steinbeck, un romanzo-mondo in cui l'autore (come afferma lui stesso nella dedica) ha infilato tutto quel che ha; in esso convivono storia americana, brucianti passioni e gli ideali più alti del vivere. Se già con Furore aveva toccato vette altissime qui riesce a superarsi, ampliando il suo raggio d'azione dalla società all'uomo nel suo complesso e riscrivendone uno dei miti fondanti, quello di Caino e Abele. Si può dire che l'intera opera sia una rivalutazione di Caino, vero padre di un'umanità predestinata alla colpa e ad un perpetuo anelito di redenzione e di perfezione.
Scontato precisare che nonostante la profondità dei temi non è un libro eccessivamente didascalico, anzi è sempre vibrante di vita, con personaggi tridimensionali che sapranno coinvolgerci ed ammaliarci (su tutti la sfuggente Cathy-Kate, un enigma persino per se stessa)
Io non condivido del tutto il punto di vista espresso nell'opera, mi sembra un po' semplicistico ridurre la questione del peccato e della colpa all'innata imperfezione umana ed è molto "americana" l'idea che la sostanza di un uomo stia nella continua ricerca di miglioramento (non sempre e non solo, la vita non deve necessariamente tendere a qualcosa), ma già il fatto che un romanzo generi nel lettore riflessioni di tale portata la dice lunga sul suo valore. Letterariamente poi è una perla, la prosa di Steinbeck si conferma potentissima; forse ogni tanto si lascia prendere la mano e i toni si fanno un po' sentenziosi, ma resta uno dei migliori romanzi americani (e non solo) del '900.… (altro)