Writer, Actor
John Steinbeck was the third of four children and the only son born to John Ernst and Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. His father was County Treasurer and his mother, a former schoolteacher. John graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and attended classes at Stanford University, leaving in 1925 without a degree. He was variously employed as a sales ...
Born: February 27, 1902
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Known for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), East of Eden (1955), Of Mice and Men (1992), La perla (1947)
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