Marries Elaine Scott. Publishes East of Eden , which is a historical review of the Salinas Valley. Travels through America to write Travels with Charley . Visits the Sailinas Valley for the last time. Accepts Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm.
Literature is as old as speech.
The skalds, the bards, the writers are not separate and exclusive. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.