William Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. He is known for his novels, such as The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and Absalom, Absalom! which are considered classics of Southern literature.
* Born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi.
* His family moved to Oxford, Mississippi, when he was a child.
* Attended the University of Mississippi but dropped out in 1920.
* Published his first book, Soldiers' Pay, in 1926.
* Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1955 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
* Died on July 6, 1962, in Byhalia, Mississippi, at the age of 64.
An American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist who was noted for his economical and understated style.
An American novelist and short-story writer, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age.
An American author known for his novels about the social and economic problems of rural laborers during the Great Depression.
Considered one of Faulkner's most important works, this novel chronicles the decline of the Compson family through four narrators, who each tell their version of events.
A darkly comic novel that tells the story of the Bundren family's journey to bury their matriarch, Addie, in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi.
A novel that explores the history of the Compson family and their interactions with Thomas Sutpen, a wealthy planter who moves to Jefferson, Mississippi, to start a dynasty.
Faulkner's writing style is known for its intricate narrative structure, stream-of-consciousness storytelling, and dense, complex prose.
As I Lay Dying is a novel that tells the story of the Bundren family's journey to bury their matriarch, Addie, in her hometown of Jefferson, Mississippi.
William Faulkner won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949, 'for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.'
William Faulkner grew up in Oxford, Mississippi.
Other authors who are similar to William Faulkner in terms of style and subject matter include Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck.