William Faulkner
1897 – 1962 · b. New Albany · d. Byhalia
United States
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Biography
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.
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Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1963)
- National Book Award (1955)
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1955)
- National Book Award (1951)
- William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1950)No list
- Nobel Prize in Literature (1949)No list
- O. Henry Award (1939)No list
- Chevalier des Arts et des LettresNo list
Notable Works
- The Sound and the Fury
- As I Lay Dying
- Light in August
- Absalom, Absalom!
- A Rose for Emily
Spouse
- Estelle Oldham Faulkner (1929–1962)
Education
- University of Virginia
- University of Mississippi — Master of Science
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