Nobel laureate
John Steinbeck — Nobel Prize in Literature 1962
“for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception”
Prize motivation
“for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception”
The Swedish Academy awarded John Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.
Other laureates of the 1960s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).