William Faulkner Biography

William Faulkner biography

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NAME: William Faulkner
OCCUPATION: Author
BIRTH DATE: September 25, 1897
DEATH DATE: July 06, 1962
EDUCATION: University of Mississippi

PLACE OF BIRTH: New Albany, Mississippi
PLACE OF DEATH: Byhalia, Mississippi

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William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist of the American South who wrote challenging prose and created the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

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William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. After training with the RAF in Canada, he returned home and worked in temporary jobs while honing his writing craft. His 1929 novel "Sartoris" introduced Yoknapatawpha County, a recurring locale in his novels. Faulkner also worked as a Hollywood screenwriter and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. He died in 1962.