John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize Speech 1962: The Voice of America, The Grapes of Wrath, Rt. 66
- John Steinbeck's speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 10, 1962.
- "Literature was not promulgated by a pale and emasculated critical priesthood singing their litanies in empty churches - nor is it a game for the cloistered elect, the tinhorn mendicants of low calorie despair. Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it, and it has not changed except to become more needed." ~ Steinbeck
- (Wiki) John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (Feb. 27, 1902- Dec. 20, 1968) was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters." He authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts, including 16 novels, 6 non-fiction books, and 2 collections of short stories.
He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937).
The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. Much of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck
- John Steinbeck: Voice of America. The BBC's in depth documentary about John Steinbeck and a few of his most popular novels.
- Travelling Route 66, Oklahoma, The Grapes of Wrath sequence. *Meet child actors 'Ruth & Winfield Joad.'
Segment from the documentary "Cars On Route 66" dealing with the plight of the Dust Bowl Okies as they migrated west on the Mother Road, as illustrated in John Ford's classic film, The Grapes Of Wrath.