Awards Won by Steinbeck
| 1936 | Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Best Novel by a Californian for Tortilla Flat. |
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| 1937 | Commonwealth Club of California Gold Medal for Best Novel by a Californian for In Dubious Battle. |
| 1938 | New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Of Mice and Men. |
| 1939 | Member of National Institute of Arts and Letters—American Booksellers' Award. |
| 1940 | Pulitzer Prize Fiction Award for The Grapes of Wrath. |
| 1946 | King Haakon Liberty Cross (Norway) for The Moon Is Down. |
| 1948 | Made a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. |
| 1962 | Nobel Prize for Literature. (Steinbeck's Nobel Prize Speech) |
| 1963 | Honorary Consultant in American Literature to the Library of Congress. |
| 1964 |
United States Medal of Freedom. Trustee of John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.Annual "Paperback of the Year" Award. Press Medal of Freedom. |
| 1966 | Member of the National Arts Council. |
| 1979 | US Postal Service issues a John Steinbeck Commemorative Stamp. |
| 1984 | American Arts Gold Medallion of Steinbeck issued by the US Mint. |
Steinbeck receiving Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm, 1962, from R. Sandler
(Royal Academy of Sciences).
John Steinbeck Stories and Academy Awards
Nearly thirty Academy Award nominations and four Academy Awards were given for adaptations of John Steinbeck stories.
Of Mice and Men (1939) was nominated for five Academy Awards: Norbert Brodine for cinematography; Aaron Copland for both original score and scoring; Hal Roach for outstanding production; and Hal Roach Sound Department, Elmer A. Raguse, Sound Director for best sound recording.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) was nominated for seven Academy Awards: Henry Fonda for best actor; Jane Darwell for best actress in a supporting role; John Ford for director; Robert E. Simpson for film editing; Twentieth Century Fox for outstanding production; Twentieth Century Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director for sound recording; Nunnally Johnson for best screenplay adaptation. Jane Darwell and John Ford received Oscars.
Tortilla Flat (1942) was nominated for one Academy Award: Frank Morgan for best actor in a supporting role.
Lifeboat (1944) was nominated for three Academy Awards: Glen MacWilliams for cinematography; Alfred Hitchcock for directing; and John Steinbeck for the story.
A Medal for Benny (1945) was nominated for two Academy Awards: J. Carrol Naish for best actor in a supporting role; and John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner for the story.
Viva, Zapata! (1952) was nominated for six Academy Awards: Marlon Brando for best actor; Anthony Quinn for best actor in a supporting role; Lyle Wheeler, and Leland Fuller for art direction; Alex North for musical score; Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter for set decoration; John Steinbeck for story and screenplay. Anthony Quinn received an Oscar.
East of Eden (1955) was nominated for four Academy Awards: James Dean for best actor; Jo Van Fleet for best actress in a supporting role; Elia Kazan for best director; Paul Osborn for best original screenplay. Jo Van Fleet received an Oscar.
