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Nov 1, 2006 · By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt. Nov. 1, 2006. William Styron, the novelist from the American South whose explorations of difficult historical and moral questions earned him a place among the...
Sophie’s Choice, novel by William Styron, published in 1979, that examines the historical, moral, and psychological ramifications of the Holocaust through the tragic life of a Roman Catholic survivor of Auschwitz. An award-winning film adaptation starring Meryl Streep was released in 1982.
About Styron. Photo © RandomHouse. 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), and Sophie’s Choice (1979)—and of a short novel, The Long ...
Nov 2, 2006 · William Styron, the novelist from the American South whose explorations of difficult historical and moral questions earned him a place among the leading literary figures of the post-World War...
Nov 2, 2006 · Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist William Styron died Wednesday of pneumonia at a hospital in Martha's Vineyard, Mass. He was 81. Styron won the Pulitzer for The Confessions of Nat Turner, a ...
Dec 7, 2014 · Twenty-five years ago, in December, 1989, Darkness Visible, William Styron’s account of his descent into the depths of clinical depression and back, appeared in Vanity Fair. The piece revealed ...
About Darkness Visible. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron’s true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression.
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