'''William Faulkner''' (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a Nobel and [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer prize]] winning American [[author]]. He was born and raised in [[Mississippi]]. Faulkner won the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature in 1949. He is most famous for writing ''The Sound and the Fury'' (published in 1929), ''As I Lay Dying'' (1930) and ''Absalom, Absalom!'' (1936). | '''William Faulkner''' (September 25, 1897 - July 6, 1962) was a Nobel and [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer prize]] winning American [[author]]. He was born and raised in [[Mississippi]]. Faulkner won the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature in 1949. He is most famous for writing ''The Sound and the Fury'' (published in 1929), ''As I Lay Dying'' (1930) and ''Absalom, Absalom!'' (1936). |