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William Faulkner was a prolific, Southern American author best known for his novels The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying.
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- Born: September 25, 1897
- Birth name: William Cuthbert Falkner
- Changed his name to "Faulkner" to look more British on his application for the Royal Canadian Air Force
- Died: July 6, 1962
- Awarded the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize for Literature
- Won two Pulitzer Prizes
- Wrote screenplays, short stories, and poetry in addition to novels
- Famous for the "stream of consciousness" writing technique
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Wikipedia: William Faulkner
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William Faulkner : Novels 1930-1935 : As I Lay Dying, Sanctuary, Light in August, Pylon (Library of America) - $35.00
Between 1930 and 1935, William Faulkner came into full possession of the genius and creativity that made him America's greatest writer of the twentieth century. "As I Lay Dying" is a dark comedy, full of horror and compassion, of a rural Mi...
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The Cambridge Introduction to William Faulkner - $16.00
Nobel laureate William Faulkner is one of the most distinctive voices in American literature. Known for his opaque prose style and his evocative depictions of life in the American South, he is recognised as one of the most important authors...
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Collected Stories of William Faulkner - $19.95
This magisterial collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds readers of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets. Among the 42 selections in this book are s...
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William Faulkner: An Economy of Complex Words - $39.50
In William Faulkner, Richard Godden traces how the novelist's late fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's delayed modernization in the mid-twentieth century. As the New Deal rapidly accelerated the long-term sh...
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A Summer of Faulkner: As I Lay Dying/The Sound and the Fury/Light in August (Oprah's Book Club) - $29.95
The 2005 Summer Selection is available in an exclusive three volume boxed edition that includes a special reader's guide with an introduction by Oprah Winfrey. Titles include: As I Lay Dying T...
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An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why. William Faulkner
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. - William Faulkner
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. -William Faulkner #quote
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Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good. - William Faulkner
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"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with." William Faulkner
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William Faulkner Personal Timeline
- September 25, 1897: William Cuthbert Falkner born
- 1918: Joins Royal Canadian Air Force
- 1919: Enters the University of Mississippi
- 1924: Meets writer Sherwood Anderson
- 1929: Marries Estelle Oldham (1896-1972)
- 1930: Purchases Rowan Oak
- 1932: Arrives in Culver City, California as MGM contract writer
- 1949: Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1951: Receives National Book Award for Fiction in March and October
- 1955: Pulitzer Prize for A Fable
- July 6, 1962: Dies
- 1963: Posthumously awarded Pulitzer Prize for The Reivers
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Notable William Faulkner Films
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- IMDb: Complete William Faulkner Filmography
- 1944: To Have and to Have Not
- 1955: Land of the Pharaohs
- 1980: Barn Burning
- 1982: Rose for Emily
- 1997: Old Man
- 2002: Two Soldiers
- 2008: Red Leaves
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