William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer, whose novels and short stories were set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and often is considered the greatest writer of Southern literature.Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi and raised in Oxford, Mississippi. During World War I, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, but did not serve in combat. Returning to Oxford, he attended the University of Mississippi for three semesters before dropping out. He moved to New Orleans, where he wrote his first novel ''Soldiers' Pay'' (1925). He went back to Oxford and wrote ''Sartoris'' (1927), his first work set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. In 1929, he published ''The Sound and the Fury''. The following year, he wrote ''As I Lay Dying''. Later that decade, he wrote ''Light in August'', ''Absalom, Absalom!'' and ''The Wild Palms''. He also worked as a screenwriter, contributing to Howard Hawks's ''To Have and Have Not'' and ''The Big Sleep'', adapted from Raymond Chandler's novel. The former film, adapted from Ernest Hemingway's novel, is the only film with contributions by two Nobel laureates.
Faulkner's reputation grew following publication of Malcolm Cowley's ''The Portable Faulkner,'' and he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his powerful and unique contribution to the modern American novel." He is the only Mississippi-born Nobel laureate. Two of his works, ''A Fable'' (1954) and ''The Reivers'' (1962), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Faulkner died from a heart attack on July 6, 1962, following a fall from his horse the month before. Ralph Ellison called him "the greatest artist the South has produced". Provided by Wikipedia
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Go down, Moses : and other stories / by William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Big woods / Decorations by Edward Shenton. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Absalom, Absalom!. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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The portable Faulkner / edited by Malcolm Cowley. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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The Faulkner reader : selections from the works of William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Selected short stories. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Sartoris. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Novels, 1930-1935 / William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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The portable Faulkner / edited by Malcolm Cowley. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Knight's gambit / William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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If I forget thee, Jerusalem : the wild palms / William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Novels, 1926-1929 / William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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Three famous short novels / by William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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As I lay dying : the corrected text / William Faulkner. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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New Orleans sketches / [edited by Carvel Collins]. by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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William Faulkner / prose, poetry and illustrations by William Faulkner ; a production of the Mississippi Center for Educational Television ; directed by Robert Squier ; producer, Walter Lowe ; written by A. I. Bezzerides.
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A rose for Emily : a one-act play / by Joseph Robinette ; based on the story by William Faulkner. by Robinette, Joseph
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The road to glory : a screenplay / by Joel Sayre and William Faulkner ; afterword by George Garrett. by Sayre, Joel, 1900-1979
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Faulkner's Intruder in the dust : novel into film / the screenplay by Ben Maddow as adapted for film by Clarence Brown ; [preliminary text by] Regina K. Fadiman. by Maddow, Ben, 1909-1992
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Faulkner at 100 : retrospect and prospect / edited by Donald M. Kartiganer and Ann J. Abadie.
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