In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, what does Steinbeck define as the writers purpose?

He had no purpose.

Explanation:

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man, has no dedication nor any membership in literature.

the treaty of brest-litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 march 1918 between the new bolshevik government of russia and the central powers (german empire, austria-hungary, bulgaria, and the ottoman empire), that ended russia's participation in world war i.