The John Steinbeck Timeline

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The John Steinbeck Life, Books and Awards Timeline

	Dates Books Published	Awards and Honors	Personal Life Events
1900s			1902 - Born February 27, 1902 in the Steinbeck House 1919 - Graduated from Salinas High School 1919-1925 - Attended Stanford University briefly
1920s	1929 - Cup of Gold		1925 - Traveled to New York City by freighter, worked odd jobs, searched for publisher, no publisher found, returned to California in 1926. 1926-1928 - Worked as a caretaker for a summer home in Lake Tahoe, California.
1930s	1932 - Pastures of Heaven 1933 - The Red Pony 1933 - To A God Unknown 1935 - Tortilla Flat 1936 - In Dubious Battle 1937 - Of Mice And Men 1938 - The Long Valley 1939 - The Grapes of Wrath	1935 - Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Best Book by a Californian (Tortilla Flat) 1936 - The Novel of 9136 Prize (InDubious Battle) 1938 - New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (Of Mice and Men) 1939 - Member National Institute of Arts and Letters American Booksellers' Award	1930 - Married Carol Henning and ivied in the family home in Pacific Grove. Meets Ed Ricketts, the start of a life long friendship. 1934 - Cared for his ill mother in Salinas home; Mother died 1934. 1935 - Steinbeck father died.
1940s	1941 - The Sea of Cortez 1941 - Forgotten Village 1942 - The Moon is Down 1942 - Bombs Away 1945 - Cannery Row 1947 - The Pearl 1947 - The Wayward Bus 1948 - A Russian Journal	1940 - Pulitzer Prize Fiction Award (The Grapes of Wrath) 1946 - King Haakon Liberty Cross (The Moon is Down) 1948 - Member American Academy of Arts and Letters	1940 - Travels with Ed Ricketts on a marine expedition to the Gulf of California 1942 - Divorced wife Carol 1943 - Married the singer Gwyndolyn Conger Became a War correspondent in Europe for the Herald Tribune of New York. 1944 - Bought his childhood dream house in Monterey (Lara-Soto Adobe), first son Thom was born August 2; harassed by the local people because of his success and the books he wrote. 1945 - An unhappy Steinbeck leaves Monterey to help film "The Pearl"; moved to New York, never returning to the house he bought. 1946 - Second son John IV born June 12 1948 - Divorced wife Gwyndolyn and returned from New York to Pacific Grove. 1949: Met Elaine Scott at the Pine Inn Restaurant in Carmel.
1950s	1950 - Burning Light 1951 - The Log From The Sea Of Cortez 1952 - East of Eden 1954 - Sweet Thursday 1956 - UN American a New York ET A Paris 1957 - The Short Reign Of Pippin IV 1958 - Once There Was A War		1950 - Married Elaine Scott 1955 - Buys a summer home in Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York 1959 - Researches material for the the modern version of the book Malory's Morte d'Arthur in England and Wales
1960s	1961 - The Winter Of Our Discontent 1962 - Travels With Charley 1966 - America And Americans 1969 - Journal Of A Novel	1962 - Nobel Prize for Literature 1963 - Honorary Consultant in American Literature to the Library of Congress 1964 - United States Medal Of Freedom Trustee of John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Annual Paperback of the Year Award Press Medal of Freedom 1966 - Member National Arts Council	1960 - Traveled United States with his dog and writing his book "Travels with Charley." 1963 -Travels to Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and Russia on United States Information Agency cultural tour 1968 - Died December 20 in New York 1969 - Buried in the Garden of Memories cemetery, Salinas.
1970s	1976 - The Acts Of King Arthur and His Nobel Knights	1979 - U.S. Postal Service Issued a John Steinbeck Commemorative Stamp
1980s	1989 - Working Days	1984 - American Arts Gold Medallion