2006-10-30 07:03:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
STEINBECK AWARDS & HONORS
1935 - Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Best Novel by a Californian (Tortilla Flat)
1936 - Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Best Novel by a Californian
(In Dubious Battle)
1938 - New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (Of Mice & Men)
1939 - Member of National Institute of Arts and Letters--American Booksellers' Award
1940 - Pulitzer Prize Fiction Award (The Grapes of Wrath)
1946 - King Haakon Liberty Cross (The Moon is Down)
1948 - Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters
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 of the National Arts Council
1979 - US Postal Service issued a John Steinbeck Commemorative Stamp
1983 - Steinbeck Center Foundation started in Salinas, CA
1984 - American Arts Gold Medallion of Steinbeck issued by the US Mint
1993 - Steinbeck Center Foundation opens interim headquarters
1997 - National Steinbeck Center groundbreaking
1998 - National Steinbeck Center Grand Opening (June 27, 1998)
2006-10-30 07:10:57 · answer #1 · answered by Centurion 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Steinbeck Awards
2016-09-29 05:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by bricknell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steinbeck achieved his first critical success with the novel Tortilla Flat (1935), which won the California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal.
In 1962, Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for Literature
In 1964, Steinbeck was awarded the United States Medal of Freedom by President Johnson
2006-10-30 07:11:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Can someone please give me a list of awards that John Steinbeck won for his writing?
2015-08-07 07:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I like about Steinbeck is the fact he has a human element. Out of the multitude of books I have read of his I was able to identify or take a liking to certain charecters. He writes about things that have happened or can happen in ordinary life. He keeps it real
2016-04-01 13:54:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck
2006-10-30 07:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋