William Faulkner

William Faulkner
Faulkner in 1954, photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Born	William Cuthbert Falkner (1897-09-25)September 25, 1897 New Albany, Mississippi
Died	July 6, 1962(1962-07-06) (aged 64) Byhalia, Mississippi
Occupation	novelist, short story writer
Genre	Southern Gothic
Literary movement	Modernism, Stream of consciousness
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1949

William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner), (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was an American author. One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. His reputation is based on his novels, novellas, and short stories. However, he was also a published poet and also was a screenwriter. He is now deemed among the greatest American writers of all time.^[1]

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