John Steinbeck and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Posted by Tel Asiado Feb 27, 2009 |
American writers John Steinbeck and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow have the same birthday today, February 27.
John Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 - December 20, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer famous for many novels including Of Mice and Men and his masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 - March 24, 1882) was an American poet, the first American to be honoured with a bust in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. He is famous for many poems including "The Song of Hiawatha" and "Evangeline."
Related Links:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow brief biography
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
Longfellow wrote some of the most well-known poem in American literature including "Paul Revere's Ride" from the Tales of a Wayside Inn. Steinbeck is famous for his compassionate depiction of people in the American society.
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