William Faulkner
William Faulkner was a well-known writer. He was famous and one of the most important writers of American Southern Literature. He won a nobel prize and few people knew about. William Faulkner was into History that's what he liked. William Faulkner liked to write novels and short stories.
William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. (famousauthors.com). He lived most of his childhood in oxford, Mississippi where he moved to in 1907. (famousauthors.com) Another place he lived to was New Orleans, Louisiana. (American Literature) The American South influenced William a lot. (famousauthors.com) It also helped his literary work later on in his life. (famousauthors.com) William Faulkners mother and grandmother played a great role in his artistic and visual language education they were great at art. (famousauthors.com) He joined the United States Army and didn't get accepted because he was too short so he joined the Canadian and after that the British army for the First World War. (nobelprize.org) They got defeated in the Civil War. (Elements of Literature) So he decided to write his first novel called Soldiers Pay. He wrote that during the 1920’s. (famousauthors.com) This was the most productive thing he has done in his career. (famousauthors.com) In 1924 he wrote a poem called the Marble Faun along with A Green Bough. (famousauthors.com) The second novel he wrote was Mosquitos in 1927 and the third was Sartoris. (Elements of Literature) He also wrote The Sound and the Fury in 1929 and it was about a downfall with the Compson family that …show more content…
The books A Fable written in 1954 and The Reiver written in 1962 won Faulkner the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Sound and the Fury written in 1929 was ranked number six on the Modern Library’s 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century list that also included As I Lay Dying and Light in August.
William Faulkner was a well-known writer. He was famous and one of the most important writers of American Southern Literature. He won a nobel prize and few people knew about. William Faulkner was into History that's what he liked. William Faulkner liked to write novels and short stories.
William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. (famousauthors.com). He lived most of his childhood in oxford, Mississippi where he moved to in 1907. (famousauthors.com) Another place he lived to was New Orleans, Louisiana. (American Literature) The American South influenced William a lot. (famousauthors.com) It also helped his literary work later on in his life. (famousauthors.com) William Faulkners mother and grandmother played a great role in his artistic and visual language education they were great at art. (famousauthors.com) He joined the United States Army and didn't get accepted because he was too short so he joined the Canadian and after that the British army for the First World War. (nobelprize.org) They got defeated in the Civil War. (Elements of Literature) So he decided to write his first novel called Soldiers Pay. He wrote that during the 1920’s. (famousauthors.com) This was the most productive thing he has done in his career. (famousauthors.com) In 1924 he wrote a poem called the Marble Faun along with A Green Bough. (famousauthors.com) The second novel he wrote was Mosquitos in 1927 and the third was Sartoris. (Elements of Literature) He also wrote The Sound and the Fury in 1929 and it was about a downfall with the Compson family that …show more content…
The books A Fable written in 1954 and The Reiver written in 1962 won Faulkner the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Sound and the Fury written in 1929 was ranked number six on the Modern Library’s 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century list that also included As I Lay Dying and Light in August.