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William Faulkner
1897–1962 · American
About the author
William Faulkner (1897–1962) was an American author and Nobel laureate, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Born in New Albany, Mississippi, he spent most of his life in Oxford, which inspired his fictional Yoknapatawpha County. His major works include The Sound and the Fury (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), Light in August (1932), and Absalom, Absalom! (1936). Faulkner’s innovative use of stream-of-consciousness narration, nonlinear timelines, and multiple perspectives challenged traditional storytelling. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel. His legacy endures as a master of Southern Gothic and a profound chronicler of human struggle, memory, and history.
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