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   Styron was born in the Hilton Village historic district [2] of Newport News, Virginia, the son of Pauline Margaret (Abraham) and William Clark Styron. [3] — his birthplace less than a hundred miles from the site of Nat Turner's slave rebellion, the inspiration for Styron's most famous and controversial novel. Styron's mother was from the ...

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2006/11/02 › booksWilliam Styron - Obituary - The New York Times

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   Nov 2, 2006 · William Clark Styron Jr. was born on June 11, 1925, in Newport News, the only child of William Clark Styron, a shipyard engineer with roots so deep in the Old South that his mother had owned two ...

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   3 days ago · William Styron (born June 11, 1925, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.—died November 1, 2006, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts) was an American novelist noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical prose style. Styron served in the U.S. Marine Corps before graduating from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in

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   William Styron (1925-2006) was one of the most prominent and successful novelists of his generation. He was the author of four full-length novels: Lie Down in Darkness (1951), Set This House on Fire (1960), The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), andSophie’s Choice (1979)—and of a short novel, The Long March (1952).

6. www.nytimes.com › 2006/11/02 › booksWilliam Styron, Novelist, Dies at 81 - The New York Times

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   Nov 2, 2006 · William Clark Styron Jr. was born on June 11, 1925, in Newport News, the only child of William Clark Styron, a shipyard engineer with roots so deep in the Old South that his mother had owned two ...

7. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersWilliam Styron | About William Styron | American Masters | PBS

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   Oct 8, 2002 · William Styron was born on June 11, 1925 in Newport News, Virginia. His father was a shipyard engineer who suffered from depression and his mother passed away when he was only thirteen.

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   Who is William Styron?

   • William Styron (born June 11, 1925, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.—died November 1, 2006, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts) was an American novelist noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical prose style. Styron served in the U.S. Marine Corps before graduating from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in 1947.

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   Who was William Clark Styron?

   • William Clark Styron Jr. was born on June 11, 1925, in Newport News, the only child of William Clark Styron, a shipyard engineer with roots so deep in the Old South that his mother had owned two slaves as a child, and Pauline Margaret Abraham Styron, whose ancestors were Pennsylvanians. Mr. Styron’s childhood was close to idyllic.

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   How did William Styron die?

   • Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Styron, who wrote Sophieâs Choice and The Confessions of Nat Turner, has died at a Massachusetts hospital. The 81-year-old novelistdied in Marthaâs Vineyard on Wednesday after a bout with pneumonia, Styronâs daughter Alexandra confirmed.

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   Is William Styron a good writer?

   • Grounded in history and epic in sweep, his fiction has grappled with some of the most harrowing events and unresolved moral questions of our time. The work of William Styron, which includes novels such as SOPHIE’S CHOICE and THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER, has generated both praise and controversy over the past fifty years.

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9. www.cbc.ca › news › entertainmentSophie's Choice author William Styron dies | CBC News

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   Nov 2, 2006 · Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Styron, who wrote Sophieâ s Choice and The Confessions of Nat Turner, has died at a Massachusetts hospital. The 81-year-old novelistdied in Marthaâ s ...