John Steinbeck
1902 to 1968
8 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for John Steinbeck across 8 places, from 1902 to 1968. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where John Steinbeck was documented, and when
27 February 1902exact date
Salinas, Californiaattested
“Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1919 to 1925period
Stanford Universityattested
“Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went on to study English literature at Stanford University near Palo Alto, leaving without a degree in 1925.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1919 to 1925period
Palo Altoattested
“Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went on to study English literature at Stanford University near Palo Alto, leaving without a degree in 1925.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1919 to 1925period
Salinas High Schoolattested
“Steinbeck graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went on to study English literature at Stanford University near Palo Alto, leaving without a degree in 1925.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1928year
Lake Tahoeattested
“When he failed to publish his work, he returned to California and worked in 1928 as a tour guide and caretaker at Lake Tahoe, where he met Carol Henning, his first wife.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1928year
Californiaattested
“When he failed to publish his work, he returned to California and worked in 1928 as a tour guide and caretaker at Lake Tahoe, where he met Carol Henning, his first wife.”
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20 December 1968exact date
New York Cityattested
“John Steinbeck died in New York City, where his writing career had begun, on December 20, 1968, during the 1968 flu pandemic of heart disease and congestive heart failure.”
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20 December 1968exact date
New Yorkattested
“John Steinbeck died in New York City, where his writing career had begun, on December 20, 1968, during the 1968 flu pandemic of heart disease and congestive heart failure.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
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Places John Steinbeck is documented in
California1 presence · 1928New York1 presence · 1968New York City1 presence · 1968Palo Alto1 presence · 1919Stanford University1 presence · 1919
Lake Tahoe1 presence · 1928
Salinas High School1 presence · 1919
Salinas, California1 presence · 1902
Other places tied to John Steinbeck in the record
In each of these, a source puts John Steinbeck and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that John Steinbeck was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
January 1930month
Los Angelesmentioned
“They married in January 1930 in Los Angeles, where, with friends, he attempted to make money by manufacturing plaster mannequins.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1932year
Corral de Tierra, Californiamentioned
“The Pastures of Heaven was published in 1932, and consisted of twelve interconnected stories set in Corral de Tierra which was discovered by a Spanish corporal who was chasing runaway Indian slaves.”
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1940year
Californiamentioned
“The horrors of the picture, so well drawn, make you dread sometimes to begin the next chapter, and yet you cannot lay the book down or even skip a page." After visiting California labor camps in 1940, a reporter asked her if she believed…”
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1940year
La Pazmentioned
“The novel is an imaginative telling of a story which Steinbeck had heard in La Paz in 1940, as related in The Log From the Sea of Cortez, which he described in Chapter 11 as being "so much like a parable that it almost can't be".”
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February 1940month
New Yorkmentioned
“According to The New York Times, it was the best-selling book of 1939, and 430,000 copies had been printed by February 1940.”
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December 1941month
Gulf of Californiamentioned
“Their coauthored book, Sea of Cortez (December 1941), about a collecting expedition to the Gulf of California in 1940, which was part travelogue and part natural history, published just as the U.S.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1945year
Cannery Rowmentioned
“Ricketts was Steinbeck's model for the character of "Doc" in Cannery Row (1945) and Sweet Thursday (1954), "Friend Ed" in Burning Bright, and characters in In Dubious Battle (1936) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939).”
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1947year
Soviet Unionmentioned
“In 1947, Steinbeck made his first trip to the Soviet Union with photographer Robert Capa.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
May 1948month
Californiamentioned
“In May 1948, Steinbeck returned to California on an emergency trip to be with his friend Ed Ricketts, who had been seriously injured when a train struck his car.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
June 1949month
Carmel, Californiamentioned
“In June 1949, Steinbeck met stage manager Elaine Scott at a restaurant in Carmel, California.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
March 1955month
Brutonmentioned
“Jack Moffitt of The Hollywood Reporter, in a review that appeared after the March 1955 premiere, wrote "Beautifully acted, and superbly directed by Elia Kazan, it is bound to be one of the year’s important contributions to screen literat…”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
March 1955month
Somersetmentioned
“Jack Moffitt of The Hollywood Reporter, in a review that appeared after the March 1955 premiere, wrote "Beautifully acted, and superbly directed by Elia Kazan, it is bound to be one of the year’s important contributions to screen literat…”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1961year
United Statesmentioned
“Steinbeck's last novel, The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), examines moral decline in the United States.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
February 1966month
Israelmentioned
“In February 1966, Steinbeck and his wife traveled to Israel.”
source: Wikipedia: John Steinbeck
1967year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Leon FestingerNew York · 1968Muriel SparkNew York · 1968Bette MidlerNew York · 1968Saul KripkeNew York · 1968Meir KahaneNew York · 1968Donald JuddNew York · 1968Thomas Hunt MorganCalifornia · 1928Bela LugosiCalifornia · 1928Jane WymanCalifornia · 1928Rudy GiulianiNew York City · 1968Johnny WinterNew York City · 1968George HarrisonNew York · 1968
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