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William Faulkner

William Faulkner

American writer

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Birthdate
September 25, 1897
Birthplace
New Albany, Mississippi
New Albany, Mississippi
Date of Death
July 6, 1962
Place of Death
Byhalia, Mississippi
Byhalia, Mississippi
Author of
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Literature, The Human Experience, Reading and Writing--Shorter Ninth Edition
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Novels
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William Faulkner - Early Prose and Poetry
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Schall und Wahn
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Short Stories
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Agustos Isigi
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The experience of literature
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Soldiers' Pay and War Birds
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Location
United States
United States
Educated at
University of Mississippi
University of Mississippi
University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Awards Received
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1949 Nobel Prize in Literature
Occupation
Poet
Poet
Novelist
Novelist
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Playwright
Author
Author
Writer
Writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriter
ISNI
00000001212874910
Open Library ID
OL21831A0
VIAF
393767700

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Birth Name
William Cuthbert Falkner
Citizenship
United States
United States
Genre
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Novel
Screenplay
Screenplay
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Short story
Notable Work
Light in August
Light in August
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
Wikidata ID
Q38392

William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning novelist who wrote challenging prose and created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. He is best known for such novels as 'The Sound and the Fury' and 'As I Lay Dying.'

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