Resume

John Steinbeck
Salinas Valley, California

Objective:
To win another Nobel Peace Prize in Literature.

Skills:
· Mastery of the English language
· Ability to create descriptive imagery through words
· Able to use complex metaphors, allegories, and allusions

Experience:
· (summers c. 1915-1919) Farm hand, Spreckels Farm
· (c. 1925) Handyman, Lake Tahoe resort
· (c. 1942-1944) War correspondent, New York Herald Tribune
· (c. 1929-1993) Novelist and Short Story Writer
o Stories- The Long Valley (1938)
o Novels- Cup of Gold (1929), The Pastures of Heaven (1932), To A God Unknown (1933), Tortilla Flat (1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), The Red Pony (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1939), The Moon Is Down (1942), Cannery Row (1945), The Pearl (1947), The Wayward Bus (1947), Burning Bright (1950), East of Eden (1952), Sweet Thursday (1954), The Short Reign of Pippin IV (1957), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976), Zapata: A Narrative in Dramatic Form on the Life of Emiliano Zapata (1993)
o Nonfiction- Their Blood Is Strong (1938), Sea of Cortez (1941), Bombs Away (1942), A Russian Journal (1948), The Log From the "Sea of Cortez" (1951), Positano (1954), Un American a New York et a Paris (1956), Once There Was A War (1959), Travels with Charley: In Search of America (1962), America and Americans (1966), Journal of A Novel: The East of Eden Letters (1969), Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath (1989)

Awards:
· (1935) California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal for best novel by a California author, Tortilla Flat
· (1936) California Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal for best novel by a California author, In Dubious Battle
· (1938) New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Of Mice and Men
· (1940) National Book Award, The Grapes of Wrath
· (1940) Pulitzer Prize, The Grapes of Wrath
· (1946) King Haakon VII Liberty Cross
· (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) Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
· (1964) United States Medal of Freedom
· (1964) Annual Paperback of the Year Award
· (1964) Press Medal of Freedom
· (2007) Member of the National Arts Council (1966); California Hall of Fame

Education:
· (1915-1919) Salinas High School
· (1919-1925, did not graduate) Stanford University

Work Cited
"John Steinbeck". Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. May 8, 2010 .
"John Steinbeck's Biography". The National Steinbeck Center. May 8, 2010 .
Shmoop Editorial Team. "John Steinbeck Resume." Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 11 May 2010. <>.
Steinbeck, John. Journal of a novel: the East of Eden letters . New York, NY, United States of America: Penguin Books, 1990. Print.