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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John Steinbeck's birth name is Steinbeck, John Ernst.
John Steinbeck has 2 children
John Steinbeck IV died in 1991. He had one daughter. Thomas Steinbeck is a published author and resides in Santa Barbara, California.
John Steinbeck did NOT kill his son, which are Tom Steinbeck and Catbird Steinbeck.
Ernest Steinbeck, father Olive (Hamilton) Steinbeck, mother
His name was John Steinbeck
He had two children: First was Thomas Steinbeck and next was John Steinbeck IV
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John Steinbeck's parents, John Ernst Steinbeck and Olive Hamilton, were from California.
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