William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry, essays, and a play. He is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life.
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| Full name at birth | William Cuthbert Falkner
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| Claim to fame | The Sound and the Fury
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| Date of birth | 25 September 1897
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| Place of birth | New Albany, Mississippi, USA
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| Date of death | 6 July 1962
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| Age | 64 (age at death)
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| Place of death | (Wright`s Sanatorium) Byhalia, Mississippi, USA
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| Cause of death | Heart Failure
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| Resting place | Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA
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- Pictured on a 22¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the Literary Arts series, issued 3 August 1987.
- A short story by Faulkner, "Two Soldiers", which was originally published in The Saturday Evening Post (1942), was made into a short film directed by Aaron Schneider. The film went on to win a 2004 Oscar for Best Short Film, (Live Action). It is a poignant tale of brotherhood and the sacrifices of family ties American Soldiers must make for war.
- A legendary, but possibly apocryphal, story about Faulkner relates how, after he had been hired by 20th Century-Fox as a screenwriter, he had been sitting around the Fox writers building for a few weeks without having done anything. A producer who had seen him wandering around the building asked what he was doing, and Faulkner replied that he had nothing to do. The producer asked if he had any ideas for a story. Faulkner replied that he had, but he would be better able to write it at home rather than in the Writers Building. The producer told him it was OK to go home, assuming that Faulkner meant the home in Hollywood that the studio was renting for him. A few days later the producer got a call from Faulkner, who had indeed gone home--to Oxford, Mississippi.
- While working in Hollywood, was friends with screenwriter A.I. Bezzerides and actor Humphrey Bogart.
- Frequently worked with Howard Hawks.
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