William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Author 106 / Writer 20 · 1915 – 2016 · 🎬 20 📖 106

William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century.

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🎬 Movies

As I Lay Dying

writer

2013

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

writer

1967

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

writer

1958

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

writer

1958

Land of the Pharaohs

Land of the Pharaohs

writer

1955

Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

writer

1950

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

writer

1949

The Southerner

The Southerner

writer

1945

To Have and Have Not

To Have and Have Not

writer

1944

Northern Pursuit

writer

1943

Background to Danger

writer

1943

Air Force

writer

1943

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

writer

1939

Four Men and a Prayer

writer

1938

Submarine Patrol

writer

1938

Slave Ship

writer

1937

The Road to Glory

The Road to Glory

writer

1936

The Story of Temple Drake

writer

1933

Today We Live

Today We Live

writer

1933

Flesh

writer

1932

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