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William Faulkner

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Notable author of a literary movement
	Literary movement	Existentialism


Person
	Spouse (or domestic partner)	Estelle Oldham (1962-07-06, 1929-06-20, Marriage)
	Siblings	John Faulkner Dean Swift Faulkner Murry Charles "Jack" Faulkner
	Parents	Maud Butler Murry Cuthbert Falkner
	Height	1.65 m (1.8 yd)
	Education	University of Virginia University of Mississippi
	Profession	Novelist Writer
	Quotations	A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream. A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once. All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible. Show 25 more Even more Hide
	Places lived	Oxford Mississippi
	Date of birth	1897-09-25
	Place of birth	New Albany
	Country of nationality	United States of America
	Languages	English Language
	Gender	Male


Nobel Prize Winner
	Nobel Honor	"for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel" (1949, American literature)


Film writer
	Film writing credits	Background to Danger Drums Along the Mohawk Flesh Show 7 more Even more Hide


Award Winner
	Awards Won	? (1949, Nobel Prize in Literature) The Reivers (1963, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) A Fable (1955, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Show 3 more Even more Hide


Award Nominee
	Award Nominations	National Book Award for Fiction (1955, A Fable) National Book Award for Fiction (1952, Requiem for a Nun) Nobel Prize in Literature (1950) Nobel Prize in Literature (1949)


Film story contributor
	Film Story Credits	Barn Burning The Arsonist The Reivers The Tarnished Angels


Organization member
	Member of	Sigma Alpha Epsilon


Deceased Person
	Date of death	1962-07-06
	Place of death	Byhalia
	Cause of death	Myocardial infarction


Influence Node
	Influenced By	Algernon Swinburne Charles Dickens Edgar Allan Poe Show 17 more Even more Hide
	Influenced	A. B. Yehoshua Barry Hannah Bret Easton Ellis Show 62 more Even more Hide


Author
	School or Movement	Modernist literature
	Works written	A Fable A Rose for Emily A Summer of Faulkner Show 180 more Even more Hide
	Book editions published	A Fable A Fable A Rose for Emily Show 144 more Even more Hide