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Was john Steinbeck gay

Updated: 3/22/2024
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11y ago

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He was probably bisexual, not gay.

The reason some jump to the conclusion is because of the nature of his writing in his books, such as Of Mice and Man and East of Eden. East of Eden has a gay marriage, Mice and Man has a gay sex scene. The fact that Kazan, a known homosexual, produced the screen version of East of Eden does not help. The leading star's (Jimmy Dean) homosexual lifestyle creates further skepticism.

However, he was married three times during his lifetime. He spent the last 18 years of his life with his wife, Elaine Anderson Steinbeck. Whether he liked the boys remains conjecture.

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I had to read "The Grapes of Wrath" in high school; if one is supposed to end up liking "the Okies" because of that book then it didn't succeed with me. Oklahoma today is one of the most Republican states in the Union--another "demerit".
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6d ago

There is no concrete evidence to suggest that John Steinbeck was gay. Steinbeck was married three times and had children. Personal sexual orientation information is not widely documented in his biographical records.

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14y ago
AnswerYes, John Steinbeck did smoke. Being a son of the Depression, he was often photographed holding a lit cigarette straight up in the air. He believed that by holding it in that manner, the paper would burn more slowly.

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11y ago

Like many authors, Steinbeck was a drinker, and many of his characters have a taste for alcohol.

Is his travel memoir, Travels with Charley, Steinbeck states that he only likes to drink in the company of others. This implies that he was more a social drinker than an alcoholic.

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16y ago

He did not suffer from any chronic illness. His death in 1968 was the result of heart failure.

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13y ago

no i dont believe so i have done a three page report on him front and back and it never mentioner anything about drugs.

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14y ago

He smoked a pipe. There are a number of good pictures that show him with his pipe.

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11y ago

yes he smoked my penis

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11y ago

no

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