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| − | '''William Faulkner''' (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a Nobel and [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer prize]] winning American [[author]]. He was a lifelong resident [[Mississippi]], and its only Nobel laureate, winning the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature in 1949. He is most famous for writing ''The Sound and the Fury'' ( | + | '''William Faulkner''' (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a Nobel and [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer prize]] winning American [[author]]. He was a lifelong resident of [[Mississippi]], and its only Nobel laureate, winning the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature in 1949. He is most famous for writing ''The Sound and the Fury'' (1929), ''As I Lay Dying'' (1930) and ''Absalom, Absalom!'' (1936).<ref>http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html</ref><ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-bio.html</ref><ref>http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1949a.html</ref><ref>http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/faulkner.htm</ref> |
| − | + | ''Absalom, Absalom!'' is widely considered the greatest southern novel ever written. | |
He married his teenaged sweetheart after she, under pressure from her family, married and divorced another man.<ref>https://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Faulkner-William.html</ref> | He married his teenaged sweetheart after she, under pressure from her family, married and divorced another man.<ref>https://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Faulkner-William.html</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:26, October 23, 2019
William Faulkner (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning American author. He was a lifelong resident of Mississippi, and its only Nobel laureate, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. He is most famous for writing The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930) and Absalom, Absalom! (1936).[1][2][3][4]
Absalom, Absalom! is widely considered the greatest southern novel ever written.
He married his teenaged sweetheart after she, under pressure from her family, married and divorced another man.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html
- ↑ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-bio.html
- ↑ http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/1949a.html
- ↑ http://www.booksfactory.com/writers/faulkner.htm
- ↑ https://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Faulkner-William.html