John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck & The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck - Banquet Speech. John Steinbeck's speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, December 10, 1962 Listen to an Audio Recording of John Steinbeck's Speech at the Nobel Banquet* 3 min. I thank the Swedish Academy for finding my work worthy of this highest honor. In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence - but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself. It is customary for the recipient of this award to offer personal or scholarly comment on the nature and the direction of literature. Such is the prestige of the Nobel award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practiced it through the ages. Literature is as old as speech.
The skalds, the bards, the writers are not separate and exclusive. This is not new. So that today, St. John Steinbeck - Nobel Prize Speech.
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