William Faulkner

Details

Instance of

human

Born

25 September 1897

Died

6 July 1962

Place of birth

New Albany

Place of death

Byhalia

Sex or gender

male

Given name

William, Cuthbert

Family name

Faulkner

Father

Murry Faulkner

Spouse

Estelle Oldham Faulkner

Sibling

John Faulkner

Movement

modernist literature

Genre

screenplay

Field of work

novel

Occupation

screenwriter, poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, children's writer, writer

Citizenship

United States

Native language

American English

Religion

Presbyterianism

Awards

Nobel Prize in Literature, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, National Book Award, O. Henry Award, William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

archives at

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Maryland Libraries, Harry Ransom Center

birth name

William Cuthbert Falkner

cause of death

myocardial infarction

described by source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

documentation files at

SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts

educated at

University of Virginia, University of Mississippi

end of work period

1962

influenced by

Honoré de Balzac

IPA transcription

ˌwɪljəm ˈfɔːknər

languages spoken, written or signed

English

list of works

William Faulkner bibliography

manner of death

natural causes

member of

American Academy of Arts and Letters

name in native language

William Cuthbert Faulkner

nominated for

Nobel Prize in Literature

notable work

The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, A Rose for Emily

place of burial

Oxford Memorial Cemetery

related category

Category:Films with screenplays by William Faulkner

represented by

Harold Ober Associates

start of work period

1919

topic's main category

Category:William Faulkner

writing language

English

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Authority files