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Apr 10, 2024 · 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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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 1, 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...
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...
May 14, 2018 · William Styron (born 1925) was a Southern writer of novels and articles. His major works were Lie Down in Darkness, The Long March, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. His major theme was the response of basically decent people to such cruelties of life as war, slavery, and madness.
Apr 28, 2011 · Success for Styron came early in life with Lie Down in Darkness (1951), but he remained a perfectionist, producing in his 81 years only two more novels, The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967) and...
William Styron (1925-2006), born in Newport News, Virginia, was one of the greatest American writers of his generation. Styron published his first book, Lie Down in Darkness, at age twenty-six and went on to write such influential works as the controversial and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Confessions of Nat Turner.
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