John Steinbeck Author John Steinbeck who is considered one of the greatest American Authors, wrote during the modernism time period. Particular, in his works titled The Grapes of Wrath written in 1939 we can see evidence of the characteristics, themes and style identified with the modernism movement which was extant in American letters between 1900 to 1950. As a represented of such movement, John Steinbeck then remains one of the most identifiable and iconic writers of his time. John Steinbeck’s
John Steinbeck was probably the best author of all time. He was the winner of a Nobel Prize, and along with many other accomplishments, Steinbeck wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories during his lifetime. Seventeen of his works, including The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row, The Pearl, and East of Eden, went on to become Hollywood films, some appeared multiple times, as remakes. Steinbeck also had some success as a Hollywood