salinas of john steinbeck,the writer
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"I SEEM TO HAVE A FORTUNATE CHILDHOOD FOR A WRITER."
JOHN STENBECK WAS BORN IN NO.132 CENTRAL AVENUE IN SALINAS.HE WAS BORN IN THE FRONT BEDROOM ON FEBRUARY 27, 1902 AND WENT ON TO BECOME A GREAT AMERICAN WRITER WHO WON NOBLE PRIZE IN LITERATURE IN 1962.SALINAS AT THAT TIME WAS A SMALL FARMING TOWN IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.OTHER THAN FISHING AND WALKING AROUND COUNTRY SIDE OR GOING TO BEACH,JOHN HAD A SHETLAND PONY AND WROTE ABOUT IT IN HIS STORYBOOK CALLED RED PONY...
" A RED PONY COLT WAS LOOKING AT HIM OUT OF THE STALL.ITS TENSE EARS WERE FORWARD AND A LIGHT OF DISOBEDIENCE WAS IN ITS EYESITS COAT WAS ROUGH AND THICK AS AN AIREDALE'S FUR AND ITS MANE WAS LONG AND TANGLED..."
JOHN WAS READING BOOKS AND LOVED TO MAKE STORIES AND WRITING THEM,AND THEN PLAYING THEM. HE ALSO LOVED TO WRITE POEMS.
AFTER GRADUATING IN SCHOOLS IN SALINAS,JOHN WENT TO STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND CONTINUED TO WORK HARD AND WRITE.HIS FIRST BOOK,CUP OF GOLD WAS PUBLISHED IN 1929.HE WROTE AS A JOURNALIST AND BOOK AND ESSAYS ON HIS TRAVELS.TRAVELS WITH CHARLIE IS A JOURNAL OF JOHN'S 10 000 MILES JOURNEY AROUND UNITED STATES.
JOHN STENBECK DIED IN DECEMBER 20,1968,AT THE AGE OF 66.NATIONAL STENBECK CENTER HAS BEEN BUILT AS A MUSEUM AND HIS ARCHIVE IN NO 1,MAIN STREET,SALINAS,CLOSE TO HIS BIRTH PLACE AND CHILDHOOD HOUSE.
see also: faramarzsoleimani.com/steinbeck country
t.leonard's the gift of imagination: john stenbeck's childhood,national steinbeck center press
john steinbeck's the red pony
