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william faulkner
William Faulkner (born William Cuthbert Falkner), (September 25, 1897–July 6, 1962) was an American author. He is regared as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, and was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Trivia about william faulkner
Sherwood Anderson told him, write about what "you know... that little patch... in Mississippi where you started from"
His great-granddad wrote the best-seller "White Rose of Memphis", a city 40 miles north of the county in which he was raised
Nobel Prize-winning Mississippian seen here
This Mississippian's first novel, "Soldier's Pay", was recommended to a publisher by Sherwood Anderson
He called the original version of "Sartoris", his 1929 novel, "Flags in the Dust"
In the late 1920s he penned what many consider his greatest novel, "The Sound and the Fury"
Oxford, Miss. created a furor when it cut down a magnolia tree to erect a statue of this hometown author
His book "Go Down, Moses" includes the immortal story "The Bear"
He ventured from Oxford to Hollywood to write for the movies, including "The Big Sleep"
"A Rose For Emily" is a well-known short story by this author of "The Sound And The Fury"
His third published novel, "Sartoris", was the first he set in Yoknapatawpha County
This author's "The Bear" is one of many stories dealing with the McCaslins of Yoknapatawpha County
For 37 years Ole Miss has held an annual conference on this writer & Yoknapatawpha
A degenerate bootlegger named Popeye abducts college coed Temple Drake in his 1931 novel "Sanctuary"
This novelist who wrote screenplays for Howard Hawks has a last name that means "one who works with falcons"
He was studying intermittently at the Univ. of Miss. when he wrote the 1-act play "Marionettes" in 1920
Temple Drake is a college student in this Southerner's controversial 1931 novel "Sanctuary"
There were requiems for this author of "Requiem for a Nun" after he died July 6
"Twilight" was the original title of his "The Sound and the Fury"
This writer's great-grandfather, the inspiration for his John Sartoris, wrote "The White Rose Of Memphis"
Books titled "The Town" are part of trilogies by Conrad Richter & by this Mississippian
Towrard the end of World War I, this Mississippi-born author joined the Royal Air Force in Canada
This Mississippi author served as a dialogue consultant on "The Southerner", one of Jean's best American films
"Absalom, Absalom!"
He used "Dark House" as the working title for both "Absalom, Absalom!" & "Light in August"
"The Reivers"
Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippian find a publisher for "Soldier's Pay", his first novel
Stores around the town square of Oxford, Mississippi closed during his funeral at St. Peter's Cemetery
Ike McCaslin,Percy Grimm,Benjy Compson
Me laugh reading about boy going from Mississippi to Memphis in "The Reivers" by him--you hear me? Me say "Mississippi"
Absolutely, absolutely!, his "Absalom, Absalom!" should be on the list
This Mississippi-born novelist published his 2nd & last book of poems, "A Green Bough", in 1933
In his 1938 work "The Unvanquished", the Sartoris family copes with the Civil War
"A Fable" was a winner for this author in 1955
Ike Snopes falls in love with a cow in this novelist's Snopes Trilogy
Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippi author publish his first novel, "Soldiers' Pay"
Receiving the Nobel Prize in 1950, this Southern author said, "I decline to accept the end of man"
His story "The Bear" recounts an annual hunting expedition in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
Valerie Bettis' ballet "As I Lay Dying" brought to life a novel by this southerner
His trilogy that began with "The Hamlet" & ended with "The Mansion" was written over a 30-year period
2-time Pulitzer winner, Mississippian, died in 1962
Aug. 4, 1987:A stamp honoring this author is first sold at the Oxford, Miss. post office where he once worked