William Faulkner

William Cuthbert Faulkner (born Falkner, September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career. He is primarily known and acclaimed for his novels and short stories, many of which are set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, a setting Faulkner created based on Lafa... More

Date of birth:

  • Sep 25, 1897

Date of death:

  • Jul 6, 1962 (age 64 years)

Also known as:

  • William Cuthbert Falkner,
  • William Cuthbert Faulkner
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winners

National Book Award for Fiction Nominees

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