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William Faulkner (born September 25, 1897, New Albany, Mississippi, U.S.—died July 6, 1962, Byhalia, Mississippi) was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature. Youth and early writings As the eldest of the four sons of Murry Cuthbert and Maud Butler Falkner, William Faulkner (as he later spelled…

William Faulkner (born September 25, 1897, New Albany, Mississippi, U.S.—died July 6, 1962, Byhalia, Mississippi) was an American novelist and short-story writer who was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature.Youth and early writingsAs the eldest of the four sons of Murry Cuthbert and Maud Butler Falkner, William Faulkner (as he later spelled his name)…

Soldiers’ Pay – 1926Mosquitoes – 1927Sartoris – 1929The Sound and the Fury – 1929As I Lay Dying – 1930Sanctuary – 1931Light in August – 1932Pylon – 1935Absalom, Absalom! – 1936The Unvanquished – 1938The Wild Palms – 1939The Hamlet – 1940Go Down, Moses – 1942Intruder in the Dust – 1948Requiem for a Nun – 1951A Fable…