John Steinbeck Part One
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You are to visit websites that contain information about John Steinbeck. Write a biography (with or without a timeline) that contains information and pictures. Your biography of John Steinbeck should be approximately one page in length and should address the questions that follow. Write a document that depicts all of the necessary information and that contains a picture of the author. |
1 . Where is Steinbeck's date of birth? His birthplace?
2. Who were his wives? His children?
3. Who was his best friend?
4. Are there any interesting facts about his best friend?
5. How did Steinbeck "research" his fiction?
6. What book prompted his hometown to turn against him and brand him a "communist sympathizer"?
7. When did Steinbeck win the Nobel Prize? Can you find some interesting quotes from his acceptance speech?
8. Which President presented Steinbeck with an award? What was the award?
9. Who was "Charley"? What was the famous book that featured Charley?
10. When did Steinbeck die? Where is he buried?
Biographical Information Links:
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/Scribner/s1516 Scribner's Writers series – works only at school
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?site=ehost Ebsco Host – works only at school – click on McGills OnLiterature and search for Steinbeck
http://www2.sjsu.edu/steinbeck
http://SEARCH.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=19729
http://US.imdb.com/M/person-biography?Steinbeck%2C%20John
http://www.caviews.com/ricketts.htm
http://www.steinbeck.org/world/facts.html
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/red1.htm
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/red3.htm
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/country15.htm
http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/nobel/1981/1981r.html
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/index.html
http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-speech.html