Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Person
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| gptkbp:associatedAct |
gptkb:East_of_Eden_(film)
Of Mice and Men (film) The Grapes of Wrath (film) |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
February 27, 1902
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| gptkbp:bornIn |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Thomas_Steinbeck
gptkb:John_Steinbeck_IV |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
December 20, 1968
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:New_York
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley |
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." "I think the best thing we can do is to be honest with ourselves." "I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen." "The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world." "All great and precious things are lonely." "It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him." "A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike." "I have always been a writer, and I have always been a reader." "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley." |
| gptkbp:genre |
Fiction
Social realism |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
John Stein
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Social justice movements
American_literature |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Henry_James
gptkb:Mark_Twain gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Literature
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| gptkbp:nationality |
American
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:East_of_Eden
The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Essayist
Novelist Short story writer |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Salinas,_California
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| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:New_York_City
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Carol_Henning
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