Original photograph of John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine on a train in Stockholm, circa 1957

John Steinbeck (subject)
Ake Blomquist (photographer)

Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladet, 1957. Vintage photograph of John Steinbeck and his wife Elaine leaning out of a train window in Stockholm in 1957. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with the stamp of Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, crediting photographer Ake Blomquist.

Steinbeck would return to Sweden again five years later, in 1962, to accept the Nobel Prize for Literature, a controversial decision in the eyes of many, including Steinbeck himself.

7.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #154848]