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William Faulkner  (1897 – 1962)

William Cuthbert Faulkner was a Nobel Prize laureate, awarded the literature prize in 1949. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry, and screenplays. He is known mainly for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha Country, Mississippi.

Faulkner is one of the most celebrated American writers, regarded, generally as the great writer of the American South.

Some of his novels are considered to be among the best in the English language of the 20th century.

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Light in August, Absolom, Absolom, As I Lay Dying, and particularly The Sound and the Fury, appear regularly on lists of the top 100. He was also a prolific writer of short stories. His first short story collection, These 13 (1931), includes many of his most acclaimed stories, including A Rose for Emily, Red Leaves, That Evening Sun and Dry September.

Faulkner was known for his experimental style meticulous attention to diction.

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