William Faulkner was an American novelist and short story writer. He was a well-known famous author, but his dreams of martial glory and a broken love affair were impelled which led him to join the British Royal Air Force. Upon returning home, he enrolled in a few university classes and published poems and drawings in the campus newspaper. Despite coming up short as a poet, Faulkner joined a literary crowd, was famous for his novels set in American South, and won the Nobel Prize and other awards. After the war, Faulkner met Sherwood Anderson where he became a mentor to him and Ernest Hemingway. These two major American literature writers were simply rivals that brought out the best and the worst in the each other. Both wanted to be known
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The best one was the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, receiving the award the following year. He was awarded the Nobel Prize by Swedish Academy in Stockholm. R.R. Jolly says, “At first he refused to go to Stockholm to receive the award, but pressured by the U.S. State Department, the Swedish Ambassador to the United States, and finally by his own family, he agreed to go.” William Faulkner delivered his acceptance speech to the Swedish Academy on December 10. R.R. Jolly states, “… his words were published in the newspaper the following day, it was recognized for its brilliance; in later years, Faulkner’s speech would be lauded as the best speech ever given at a Nobel ceremony.” In his speech, Faulkner pertained to the Cold War and constant fear rather than a place of hope for the human heart. “The young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony, and the sweat” (The Geographical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, 2010, p.287). His speech was short, but very meaningful to the world. William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”.
In conclusion, William Faulkner was not only a great writer, but he had a great spirit about everything around him. When he joined a literary crowd, it was the beginning of his career as an American writer. Although he did have a rivalry with Ernest Hemingway, it only made him stronger as a writer and made him strive for more despite a few short up
The best one was the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949, receiving the award the following year. He was awarded the Nobel Prize by Swedish Academy in Stockholm. R.R. Jolly says, “At first he refused to go to Stockholm to receive the award, but pressured by the U.S. State Department, the Swedish Ambassador to the United States, and finally by his own family, he agreed to go.” William Faulkner delivered his acceptance speech to the Swedish Academy on December 10. R.R. Jolly states, “… his words were published in the newspaper the following day, it was recognized for its brilliance; in later years, Faulkner’s speech would be lauded as the best speech ever given at a Nobel ceremony.” In his speech, Faulkner pertained to the Cold War and constant fear rather than a place of hope for the human heart. “The young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony, and the sweat” (The Geographical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, 2010, p.287). His speech was short, but very meaningful to the world. William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”.
In conclusion, William Faulkner was not only a great writer, but he had a great spirit about everything around him. When he joined a literary crowd, it was the beginning of his career as an American writer. Although he did have a rivalry with Ernest Hemingway, it only made him stronger as a writer and made him strive for more despite a few short up