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ABOUT JOHN STEINBECK • ARCHIVES • COLLECTION OVERVIEW •
FOREIGN EDITIONS

FOREIGN EDITIONS
Appreciated all over the world, many of Steinbeck's books have been translated into many languages. The Collection includes over two-hundred foreign language editions including: Chinese, Danish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

Copies of foreign edition translations of Steinbeck works include, the mimeographed underground publication of The Moon Is Down, which was banned in Denmark as a subversive text; Steinbeck's first book to be published in Portuguese, Of Mice and Men, limited to 1,200 copies; the first Swedish edition of The Wayward Bus, with pictorial wrappers designed by Steinbeck's friend, Bo Beskow; the Japanese edition of The Winter Of Our Discontent with publisher's slipcase, and one of only three known copies of the Spanish translation of The Pearl published in Spanish medical journal which was sent out to pharmacies and doctors' offices.

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