ΤΑ ΛΙΒΑΔΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΟΥΡΑΝΟΥ – THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN

John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He is widely known for the multi-generation epic East of Eden, the novella Of Mice and Men, The Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes of Wrath, widely attributed to be part of the American Literary Canon. In the first 75 years since it was published, it sold 14 million copies. The winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature he has been called "a giant of American letters". His works are widely read abroad and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in southern and central California. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.