Thomas Steinbeck
Thomas Myles Steinbeck (born August 2, 1944 in New York City ; died August 11, 2016 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American writer .
Life
Thomas "Thom" Steinbeck was the eldest son of the writer John Steinbeck . After his parents divorced, he grew up with his father and in elite boarding schools on the east coast. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts and began studying film at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television at the University of California, Los Angeles . Steinbeck was drafted as a soldier in 1968 and used as an army photographer in the Vietnam War.
Steinbeck then worked as a filmmaker and producer of television documentaries. He wrote screenplays based on his father's prose works, for example for In Dubious Battle , The Pearl and Travels With Charley .
His first book Down to a Soundless Sea , a collection of short stories, he published in 2002. In 2010 and 2011, two novels followed.
He was on the board of the “National Steinbeck Center” in Salinas and organized the presentation of the “John Steinbeck Award”. Steinbeck sat down for copyright and complained in 2009 on the side of Arlo Guthrie against Google .
Works
- Down to a Soundless Sea. Ballantine, New York, NY 2002, ISBN 978-0-345-45576-5 .
- In the Shadow of the Cypress. Gallery, New York, NY 2010, ISBN 978-1-4391-6825-7 .
- The Silver Lotus. A novel, Counterpoint, Berkeley, CA 2011, ISBN 978-1-58243-778-1 .
- Dr. Greenlaw and the Zulu Princess . Post Hill Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-61868-984-9 (e-book)
- Cabbages and Kings . Post Hill Press, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61868-983-2 .
- Mrs. Penngelli and the Pirate . Post Hill Press, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61868-985-6 .
literature
- John Steinbeck IV, Nancy Steinbeck: The Other Side of Eden: Life with John Steinbeck . Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY 2001, ISBN 978-1-57392-858-8 .
- In the Supreme Court of the United States: Thomas Steinbeck and Blake Smyle, petitioners v. Penguin Group (USA)., Et al., Respondents: on petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit . United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC 2009.
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Steinbeck in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Thomas Steinbeck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Thomas Steinbeck , website
- Thomas Steinbeck , at Huffington Post
Individual evidence
- ^ John Steinbeck's son, fellow author Thomas Steinbeck, dies at 72 . AP article in the Chicago Tribune , August 11, 2016, accessed August 15, 2016.
- ↑ Wendy Werris: Thomas Steinbeck: The Last Steinbeck . Publishers Weekly , October 7, 2011, accessed August 15, 2016.
- ↑ John Rogers: John Steinbeck's Son, Fellow Author Thomas Steinbeck, Dies . ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ABC News , August 11, 2016, accessed August 15, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinbeck, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steinbeck, Thomas Myles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th August 2016 |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , California |