(1902–68), American novelist; full name John Ernst Steinbeck. His work, for example Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939), is noted for its sympathetic and realistic portrayal of the migrant agricultural workers of California. Nobel Prize for Literature (1962).
Definition of Steinbeck, John in US English:
Steinbeck, John
proper nounˈstīnˌbek
(1902–68), US novelist.; full name John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939) are among his works noted for their sympathetic and realistic portrayal of migrant farm workers and other common folk during the Great Depression; full name John Steinbeck. His later novels include Cannery Row (1945) and East of Eden (1952). Nobel Prize for Literature (1962).