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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, as reportedly recommended by a reporter from New York. | '''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, as reportedly recommended by a reporter from New York. | ||
| − | Faulkner is most famous for writing ''The Sound and the Fury'' ( | + | Faulkner 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> |
Faulkner wrote about the fall of Southern aristocracy. Difficult to follow, his works are creative and explore psychological aspects of his characters. | Faulkner wrote about the fall of Southern aristocracy. Difficult to follow, his works are creative and explore psychological aspects of his characters. | ||
| − | + | "Absalom, Absalom!" is widely considered to be the greatest southern novel ever written. | |
He married his teenaged sweetheart after she, under pressure from her family, married but a decade later 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 but a decade later divorced another man.<ref>https://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Faulkner-William.html</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:34, 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 Mississippi, and its only Nobel laureate, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, as reportedly recommended by a reporter from New York.
Faulkner is most famous for writing The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930) and Absalom, Absalom! (1936).[1][2][3][4]
Faulkner wrote about the fall of Southern aristocracy. Difficult to follow, his works are creative and explore psychological aspects of his characters.
"Absalom, Absalom!" is widely considered to be the greatest southern novel ever written.
He married his teenaged sweetheart after she, under pressure from her family, married but a decade later 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