William Faulkner
25 September 1897 – 6 July 1962
William Faulkner was an American novelist and short-story writer from Mississippi, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Known for his experimental narrative techniques and his fictional Yoknapatawpha County, he wrote classics such as 'The Sound and the Fury' and 'As I Lay Dying' and received the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Life events
Born William Cuthbert Falkner, later adding the 'u' to his surname.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe enlisted for training with the RAF in Canada near the end of World War I but did not see combat.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis experimental fourth novel became a landmark of modernist literature.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe married his childhood sweetheart after her divorce.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe novel employed multiple narrators and stream-of-consciousness technique.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe wrote for film studios, collaborating with director Howard Hawks on several pictures.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the 1949 prize, delivering a famous acceptance speech in Stockholm.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis novel 'A Fable' won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died of a heart attack at age 64.
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