William Faulkner | |
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![]() Faulkner in 1954, photograph by Carl Van Vechten | |
Born | William Cuthbert Falkner September 25, 1897 New Albany, Mississippi |
Died | July 6, 1962 Byhalia, Mississippi | (aged 64)
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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