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sep 14 Learn More John Steinbeck Wins Medal of Freedom
John Steinbeck won the Medal of Freedom on this day in 1964. You've probably heard of his most famous work, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath—although, if you're Japanese, you might know it better as The Angry Raisins. At least that's what one Japanese bookshop owner called it when a customer inquired. That customer? Steinbeck's widow, Elaine.
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