William Faulkner

Faulkner in 1954 William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he 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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    Las palmeras salvajes / by Faulkner, William 1897-1962

    Published 1973
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    Banderas sobre polvo / by Faulkner, William 1897-1962

    Published 1978
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    El campo, el pueblo,el yermo / by Faulkner, William 1897-1962

    Published 1980
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    El villorio / by Faulkner, William 1897-1962

    Published 1978
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    Las palmeras salvajes / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1940
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    Réquiem para una mujer / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1968
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    Absalón, Absalón! / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1958
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    Estos trece / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1956
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    Gambito de caballo / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1964
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    Intruso en el polvo / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1951
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    Obras escogidas / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1956
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    Requiem para una mujer / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1963
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    Requiem para una mujer / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1962
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    Santuario / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1945
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    Sonido y la furia / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1947
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    Luz de agosto / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1942
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    Las palmeras salvajes / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1956
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    Estos trece / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1968
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    Mientras yo agonizo / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1969
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    ¡Desciende, Moisés! / by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

    Published 1960
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