JOHN STEINBECK, 1962 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE
Born on 02/27/1902 in Salinas, Central California. He grew up in the lush rural valley called the “Salad Bowl” watered by the Salinas River. After graduating from high school (1919), he had his heart set on becoming a writer and took courses in English literature and Creative writings at the well-known Stanford University near Palo Alto. In 1923, Steinbeck signed up for Biology courses at Hopkins Marine Station where he met Williams E. Ritter and became more interested in Ecology. In 1925, after 6 years, he left Stanford without a degree on account of his infrequent attendance record. Steinbeck decided to move to New York taking on all kinds of menial jobs to live and try his luck in journalism and writing but failed to have his first book published.









