William Faulkner

William Faulkner was a prominent American author, known for his works in novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays, and screenplays. He was born in New Albany, Mississippi, in 1897 and grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner's writing is often characterized by its stream-of-consciousness style and the use of a wide range of characters, including slaves, working-class folk, and Southern aristocrats. He is widely regarded as one of the most important authors of Southern literature and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.

Faulkner is particularly well-known for his works set in the fictional region of Yoknapatawpha County, which is based on Lafayette County in Mississippi where he lived for most of his life. His writing is heavily influenced by the history and culture of the American South. Many of his works explore themes of race, class, and the legacy of the Civil War. Some of his most famous novels include "The Sound and the Fury," "As I Lay Dying," and "Absalom, Absalom!"

Faulkner was born into a family with a proud history in the South. He left high school at the age of fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. He was rejected by the US military in 1915 but later joined the Canadian flyers with the RAF. However, he was still in training when the war ended. He studied at the University of Mississippi and visited Europe briefly in 1925. His first poem was published in The New Republic in 1919, and his first book of verse and early novels followed. His major work began with the publication of "The Sound and the Fury" in 1929. During the 1930s, he also worked in Hollywood on film scripts. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 and the Pulitzer Prize for "The Reivers" just before his death in July 1962.