View John Steinbeck Books He Wrote Background. John steinbeck, american novelist, best known for the grapes of wrath (1939), which summed up the bitterness of the steinbeck himself wrote the scripts for the film versions of his stories the pearl (1948) and the red pony (1949). In the early years of world war ii steinbeck traveled to europe and.
The book was later adapted into a 1955 film directed by elia kazan and starring james dean in his first major movie role.
The book was later adapted into a 1955 film directed by elia kazan and starring james dean in his first major movie role. In 1952, he penned his longest running book, 'east of eden', and also starred as the. ~ john steinbeck has had seventeen of his books made into movies. John ernst steinbeck iii was born on 27 february 1902 in salinas, california.
