![]() ![]() He served as a war correspondent during World War II and Vietnam, where he was wounded both physically and mentally. Steinbeck married his third and final wife, Elaine Scott, in 1950. Conger and Steinbeck had two sons, John and Thomas, between 19, but were divorced by 1948. By 1943, Steinbeck and Henning divorced, and he quickly married his second wife, Gwyn Conger. ![]() In 1940, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. During this time, Steinbeck wrote some of his most famous works, including Of Mice and Men in 1937 and The Grapes of Wrath in 1939. Steinbeck and Henning moved into a home outside of Monterey County owned by Steinbeck’s father, who continued to support the couple financially so that Steinbeck could focus on his writing. ![]() While spending time traveling and writing, Steinbeck met his first wife, Carol Henning, and the couple returned to California following the publication of his first novel, Cup of Gold, in 1929. He remained in attendance there until 1925, at which time he left without completing his degree. After graduating high school in 1919, Steinbeck studied English Literature at Stanford University. Steinbeck grew up in a small settlement town deep in the Salinas Valley and worked side-by-side with migrant laborers, gaining insight and empathy into their difficult existence. His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, Sr., worked as the Monterey County treasurer, and his mother, Olive Hamilton, was a school teacher. Steinbeck was born the third of four children in a working, middle-class family. ![]()
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