Faulkner, William, 1897-1962

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Arguably the greatest American writer of the twentieth century, William Faulkner endures as a critical and popular success, despite the overwhelming complexity of his novels and short stories. As a literary stylist he is perhaps unmatched: his chapters, paragraphs, and even sentences are intricately crafted. He excels, too, as a storyteller, with his turbulent stories of race and racism, culture and class, human drama and the human experience. Faulkner's fiction is populated by unforgettable characters and frequently takes place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Start with: As I Lay Dying
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https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/faulkner/biographical/
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
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https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/faulkner/biographical/
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1897-1962
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Arguably the greatest American writer of the twentieth century, William Faulkner endures as a critical and popular success, despite the overwhelming complexity of his novels and short stories. As a literary stylist he is perhaps unmatched: his chapters, paragraphs, and even sentences are intricately crafted. He excels, too, as a storyteller, with his turbulent stories of race and racism, culture and class, human drama and the human experience. Faulkner's fiction is populated by unforgettable characters and frequently takes place in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. Start with: As I Lay Dying
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