John Steinbeck
Born February 27, 1902, Salinas, California · Died December 20, 1968, New York City, New York · Salinas Lodge No. 204, California
Nobel Prize–winning author of The Grapes of Wrath, raised in his hometown lodge in Salinas.
The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat—for courage, compassion and love.
Nobel Prize–winning author of The Grapes of Wrath, raised in his hometown lodge in Salinas.
Sources
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/steinbeck_j/steinbeck_j.html (citing Grand Lodge of California records)
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Steinbeck_1939_(cropped).jpg (Public domain)
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Life & Masonic Timeline
February 27, 1902
Born — Salinas, California
March 1, 1929
Age 27
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Salinas Lodge No. 204, California
April 12, 1929
Age 27
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft — Salinas Lodge No. 204, California
May 24, 1929
Age 27
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason — Salinas Lodge No. 204, California
July 21, 1933
Age 31
Withdrew from Salinas Lodge No. 204
1937
Age 35
Published Of Mice and Men
1939
Age 37
Published The Grapes of Wrath
1952
Age 50
Published East of Eden
1962
Age 60
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
September 1964
Age 62
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
December 20, 1968
Age 66
Died — New York City, New York
McFadden Publications, Inc.; no photographer credited; photo likely the work of Sonya Noskowiak, as Steinbeck is wearing the same clothes from her 193, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source