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John Steinbeck

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    (February 27, 1902-December 20, 1968)
    Wrote 'Cup of Gold - 1929,' 'The Pastures of Heaven - 1932,' 'The Red Pony - 1933,' 'To A God Unknown - 1933,' 'Tortilla Flat - 1935,' 'In Dubious Battle - 1936,' 'Of Mice and Men - 1937,' 'The Long Valley - 1938,' 'The Grapes of Wrath - 1939,' 'Forgotten Village - 1941,' 'Sea of Cortez - 1941,' 'The Moon Is Down - 1942,' 'Bombs Away - 1942,' 'Cannery Row - 1945,' 'The Pearl - 1947,' 'The Wayward Bus - 1947,' 'A Russian Journal - 1948,' 'Burning Bright - 1950,' 'Log from the Sea of Cortez - 1951,' 'East of Eden - 1952,' 'Sweet Thursday - 1954,' 'The Short Reign of Pippin IV - 1957,' 'Once There Was A War - 1958,' 'Winter of Our Discontent - 1961,' 'Travels With Charley: In Search of America - 1962' and 'America and Americans - 1966'
    Books published after his death: 'Journal of a Novel - 1969,' 'Viva Zapata - 1975,' 'The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights - 1976' and 'Working Days: The Journal of The Grapes of Wrath - 1989'

Why he might be annoying:

    He dropped out of Stanford University.
    He worked as a laborer and factory worker before his first novel 'Cup of Gold' was published (August 1929).
    He was twice divorced, with his second marriage lasting only months.
    'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Grapes Of Wrath' contain profanity, racism and socialist content.
    He suffered from anxiety.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Even after his editor Pascal Covici's firm went bankrupt he stayed loyal.
    'Of Mice and Men' played 207 performances on Broadway (Opened November 23, 1937).
    Both 'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Grapes Of Wrath' received critical and box office success (January, 1940).
    He won 'National Book Award' and the 'Pulitzer Prize' for 'The Grapes of Wrath' (1940).
    'East Of Eden' was the movie debut for James Dean (1955).
    He won the 'Nobel Prize for Literature' for 'The Winter of Our Discontent' (October 25, 1962).
    President Lyndon B. Johnson presented him with the 'US Medal of Freedom' (September 14, 1964).
    Research: Tim Howard

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 39 Votes: 17.95% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 82 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 217 Votes: 37.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 115 Votes: 45.22% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 247 Votes: 40.08% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 333 Votes: 44.14% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 333 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 833 Votes: 42.38% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1828 Votes: 40.92% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 141 Votes: 36.88% Annoying