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William Faulkner (1897—1962) [1] was an American writer who won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, a stand-in for his hometown of Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi . Faulkner made his debut as a published writer at the age of 21 with the poem ...
Mar 31, 2016 · William Cuthbert Faulkner (b. 1897–d. 1962) grew up in Oxford, Mississippi, where his great-grandfather William Clark Falkner ( sic ), a writer, Confederate colonel, and railroad founder, was a local legend. Although he was a high-school dropout, Faulkner, emulating his ancestor, voraciously read the classics and began to write poetry.
William Faulkner Biography. William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897, the oldest of four brothers in a southern family of aristocratic origin. A number of his ancestors were involved in the Mexican American War, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Several played a role in the local railroad industry and ...
William Faulkner ( 25. září 1897 New Albany, Mississippi, USA – 6. července 1962 Oxford, Mississippi, USA) byl americký prozaik, scenárista a básník, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 1949. Je považován za zakladatele americké jižanské literatury 20. století .
William Cuthbert Faulkner, născut Falkner (25 septembrie 1897 – 6 iulie 1962) a fost un prozator american, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Literatură în anul 1949, unul dintre scriitorii reprezentativi ai literaturii americane din secolul XX.
1897–1962. Carl van Vechten. One of the 20th century’s greatest novelists, William Cuthbert Falkner, as his name was originally spelled, never graduated from high school. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, the first of four sons, and moved with his family to Oxford, Mississippi, at the age of five. As a young man, influenced by the ...
Jun 28, 2012 · How William Faulkner Tackled Race — and Freed the South From Itself. A poll of well over a hundred writers and critics, taken a few years back by Oxford American magazine, named William Faulkner ...
