<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> John Steinbeck </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Steinbeck in Sweden during his trip to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr . February 27, 1902 Salinas, California, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> December 20, 1968 (1968 - 12 - 20) (aged 66) New York City, U.S. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Novelist, short story writer, war correspondent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable works </Th> <Td> Of Mice and Men (1937) The Grapes of Wrath (1939) East of Eden (1952) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable awards </Th> <Td> Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1940) Nobel Prize in Literature (1962) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouses </Th> <Td> Carol Henning (m . 1930; div. 1943) Gwyn Conger (m . 1943; div. 1948) Elaine Scott (m . 1950) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> John Steinbeck IV (1946--1991) Thomas Steinbeck (1944--2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> John Steinbeck </Th> </Tr>

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