He won the Noble prize award.
John Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for Novels for his book The Grapes of Wrath in 1940. His novella, Of Mice and Men, never won a Pulitzer but did receive a 1938 Drama Critics' Circle Award.
Some recipients of the Steinbeck Award include Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, and Arthur Miller. The award, established in honor of author John Steinbeck, recognizes individuals who embody the spirit of Steinbeck's empathy, commitment to democratic values, and belief in the dignity of the common man.
John Steinbeck.
The John Steinbeck award is annually awarded to an individual who has contributed to society in the spirit of John Steinbeck. Some award winners are Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, John Mellencamp, Michael Moore, Sean Penn and Bruce Springsteen.
At the City Hall in Stockhom, Sweden on 10 December 1962.
John Steinbeck won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.
He won it in December 1962
John Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962.
John Steinbeck was awarded his first (and only) Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 for his writing and entire body of work, in general.
Of Mice and Men, (1937) was never awarded a Pulitzer Prize. The novella won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1938. Steinbeck's later book, The Grapes of Wrath, (1939) won the Pulitzer Prize for Novels in 1940.Steinbeck was also awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature for his entire body of work, which would include Of Mice and Men.
John Steinbeck received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 for "The Grapes of Wrath" and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962 for his "realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception."
John Steinbeck was generally pleased with the film adaptation of "The Grapes of Wrath." He believed that director John Ford captured the essence of the novel's themes and characters. Steinbeck even won an Academy Award for Best Story for the screenplay.