John Steinbeck（1902-1968)
  -- the spokesman for the oppressed
His life
He was born in Salinas, California, in a long valley between two mountain ranges, which he used as the setting for many of his stories.His father was a well-to-do flour miller who also served as a country official, and his mother was a school teacher.
His life
With his three older sisters, they were a family who enjoyed books, so Steinbeck did well at school.He attended a university in California on and off for five years,  ...