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American writer (1897–1962)
William Cuthbert Faulkner (/ˈfɔːknər/ FAWK-nər; né Falkner; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels
William_Faulkner
William Faulkner (1897–1962) was an American writer known for his Southern Gothic novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based
William_Faulkner_bibliography
Former education and literary charity (1960–1970)
The William Faulkner Foundation (1960–1970) was a charitable organization founded by the novelist William Faulkner in 1960 to support various charitable
William_Faulkner_Foundation
Topics referred to by the same term
William Faulkner was an American novelist. William Faulkner may also refer to: William M. Faulkner, United States Marine Corps lieutenant general William
William Faulkner (disambiguation)
William_Faulkner_(disambiguation)
1931 novel by William Faulkner
Sanctuary is a 1931 Southern Gothic novel by American author William Faulkner about the rape and abduction of an upper-class Mississippi college girl,
Sanctuary_(Faulkner_novel)
American entertainment executive (b. 1946)
Nobel Prize, author William Faulkner. In this role, he produces motion picture, television, and theatrical productions based on Faulkner's works, and oversees
Lee_Caplin
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The William Faulkner Prize or William Faulkner Award could refer to: William Faulkner Prize (Rennes, a prize given by the William Faulkner Foundation at
William_Faulkner_Prize
Novel by William Faulkner
author William Faulkner. Faulkner's fifth novel, it is consistently ranked among the best novels of the 20th century. The title is derived from William Marris's
As_I_Lay_Dying
American literary award
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is awarded annually by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation to the authors of the year's best works of fiction by living Americans
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
PEN/Faulkner_Award_for_Fiction
Public university in Oxford, Mississippi, US
improve its image. The university is closely associated with writer William Faulkner and owns and manages his former Oxford home Rowan Oak, which with other
University_of_Mississippi
1950 short story collection by William Faulkner
Collected Stories of William Faulkner is a short story collection by William Faulkner published by Random House in 1950. It won the National Book Award
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
Collected_Stories_of_William_Faulkner
1929 novel by William Faulkner
Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1929. Faulkner's fourth novel, it is the second to be set in Yoknapatawpha
The_Sound_and_the_Fury
1991 film by the Coen brothers
real-life people and events – most notably the writers Clifford Odets and William Faulkner, of whom the characters of Barton Fink and W. P. Mayhew, respectively
Barton_Fink
City in Mississippi, United States
seat of Tippah County. Colonel William Clark Falkner, great-grandfather of authors William Faulkner and John Faulkner, was a prominent resident of Ripley
Ripley,_Mississippi
American poet
his great-grandson, author William Faulkner. He was born in Knox County, Tennessee, to Joseph Falkner (or Forkner or Faulkner) and Caroline Word (or Ward)
William_Clark_Falkner
Slavery-era cultural convention
in the novels of William Faulkner: "This extreme fear of miscegenation and existence of 'shadow families' is a wrong that Faulkner aims to resurrect
Shadow_family
Historic house in Mississippi, United States
Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house originally built in 1844 for Robert B Sheegog
Rowan_Oak
City in Mississippi, United States
Miss. Oxford is also the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner, and served as the inspiration for his fictional Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha
Oxford,_Mississippi
1926 novel by William Faulkner
Soldiers' Pay is the first novel published by the American author William Faulkner. It was originally published by Boni & Liveright on February 25, 1926
Soldiers'_Pay
Fictional Mississippi county created by William Faulkner
American author William Faulkner, largely based on and inspired by Lafayette County, Mississippi, and its county seat of Oxford (which Faulkner renamed "Jefferson")
Yoknapatawpha_County
1951 novel by William Faulkner
Requiem for a Nun is a work of fiction written by William Faulkner. It is a sequel to Faulkner's early novel Sanctuary, which introduced the characters
Requiem_for_a_Nun
1944 American romance-war-adventure film by Howard Hawks
violating President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy. Hawks's friend William Faulkner was the main contributor to the screenplay, including and following
To_Have_and_Have_Not_(film)
1930 short story by William Faulkner
short story by American author William Faulkner, first published in the April 1930 issue of The Forum. It was Faulkner's first short story published in
A_Rose_for_Emily
American annual literary award
Authors who have won the award more than once include William Faulkner, John Updike, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, and Philip Roth, each having won twice
National Book Award for Fiction
National_Book_Award_for_Fiction
American literary competition
The William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition is one of America's leading literary competitions and has been presenting awards in
William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition
William_Faulkner_–_William_Wisdom_Creative_Writing_Competition
1954 novel by William Faulkner
A Fable is a 1954 novel written by the American author William Faulkner. He spent more than a decade and tremendous effort on it, and aspired for it to
A_Fable
1929 novel by William Faulkner
Southern Gothic novel, first published in 1929, by the American author William Faulkner. It portrays the decay of the Mississippi aristocracy following the
Sartoris
Australian soccer player
William Faulkner was an English-born Australian professional soccer player who played as a full-back. He was also an international player for the Australia
William_Faulkner_(soccer)
1965 novel by Cormac McCarthy
first novel by the American novelist Cormac McCarthy. It won the 1966 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel. The Orchard Keeper is set
The_Orchard_Keeper
American opera singer (1928–2003)
1958, who later became the mother of Taylor Swift. American novelist William Faulkner is also Finlay's third cousin. In the 1960s, the Finlay family moved
Marjorie_Finlay
American award for distinguished novels
have won two prizes each in the Fiction category: Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, John Updike, and Colson Whitehead. Because the award is for books
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction
Argentine and American writer (born 1973)
Distance was a finalist for the same Pulitzer Prize, as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. He also received a Whiting Award. Diaz was born in Buenos
Hernan_Diaz_(writer)
1998 list of best English-language novels
list. Conrad has four novels on the list, the most of any author. William Faulkner, E. M. Forster, Henry James, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Evelyn
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels
Modern_Library's_100_Best_Novels
1946 US film noir by Howard Hawks
The Big Sleep is a 1946 American film noir directed by Howard Hawks. William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay, which adapts
The_Big_Sleep_(1946_film)
American novelist
Affectionate Reminiscence (1963), about his elder sibling, author William Faulkner. John Faulkner was also an accomplished, self-taught painter. He did a series
John_Faulkner_(writer)
American literary critic and professor
preeminent critic of Southern literature, writing classic texts on William Faulkner, and co-founder of the influential journal The Southern Review (Leitch
Cleanth_Brooks
Topics referred to by the same term
William C. Faulkner may refer to: William Clark Falkner (~1826–1889), American soldier, planter, and writer from Mississippi, United States William Cuthbert
William_C._Faulkner
Selected list of books
Coover and William H. Gass each have three works on the list, while Samuel Delany, Don DeLillo, William Faulkner, Raymond Federman, William Gaddis, Vladimir
20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
20th_Century's_Greatest_Hits:_100_English-Language_Books_of_Fiction
Singer
label Akira Records. The name 'Ghostly Kisses' was inspired by the William Faulkner poem Une ballade des dames perdues, which includes the verse "And brush
Ghostly_Kisses
American novelist (1900–1938)
was one of the pioneers of autobiographical fiction, and along with William Faulkner, he is considered one of the most important authors of the Southern
Thomas_Wolfe
American silversmith (1900–1967)
Spratling also worked as a writer and illustrator, collaborating with William Faulkner on Sherwood Anderson and Other Famous Creoles (1926) and writing and
William_Spratling
Fantasy book series by Steven Erikson
and comparing Erikson to the likes of Joseph Conrad, Henry James, William Faulkner, and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Tor.com published a reading order based on
Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen
Library in Virginia, US
History, the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, the William Faulkner collections, Jorge Luis Borges Collections, the Sadleir-Black Collection
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert_and_Shirley_Small_Special_Collections_Library
1932 novel by William Faulkner
Light in August is a 1932 novel by American author William Faulkner. It belongs to the Southern Gothic and modernist literary genres. Set in the author's
Light_in_August
1936 novel by William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the
Absalom,_Absalom!
United States Marine Corps general
William M. Faulkner served as a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general in commands including Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics
William_M._Faulkner
American politician
Kenneth William Faulkner (born 1948) is a former Republican Party politician who served for 10 weeks in the New Jersey General Assembly. After a collegiate
Kenneth_William_Faulkner
1988 non-fiction book by Gene D. Phillips
and Faulkner: The Art of Adaptation is a 1988 non-fiction book by Gene D. Phillips, published by University of Tennessee Press. It is about William Faulkner
Fiction,_Film,_and_Faulkner
Mississippi poet laureate John Faulkner (1901–1963), plain-style writer, brother of William Faulkner William Faulkner (1897–1962), author, Nobel laureate
List of University of Mississippi alumni
List_of_University_of_Mississippi_alumni
English cricketer (born 1923)
William George Faulkner (born 5 May 1923) is an English former first-class cricketer. While serving in the Royal Air Force, Faulkner made a single appearance
William_Faulkner_(cricketer)
NationalBook.org. Retrieved December 21, 2025. "The Collected Stories of William Faulkner". NationalBook.org. Retrieved December 21, 2025. "From Here to Eternity"
List of winners of the National Book Award
List_of_winners_of_the_National_Book_Award
1958 film by Martin Ritt
Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., based in part on three works by William Faulkner: the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses", the 1939 short story "Barn Burning"
The_Long,_Hot_Summer
1957 novel by William Faulkner
The Town is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1957, about the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. It is the second of the
The_Town_(Faulkner_novel)
Alderman Library". Faulkner donated a large collection of his manuscripts, typescripts, and correspondence to the William Faulkner Foundation, which he
History of the University of Virginia
History_of_the_University_of_Virginia
Italian writer and novelist (1908–1966)
translations of such American and English writers as William Saroyan, D. H. Lawrence, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway, had a considerable impact on
Elio_Vittorini
1925 comic novel by Anita Loos
praise of many writers, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, William Faulkner, and H. G. Wells. Edith Wharton hailed Loos's satirical work as "the
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel)
Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(novel)
Literature written in or related to the United States
became famous with The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms, and William Faulkner, adopted experimental forms. American modernist poets included diverse
American_literature
Popeye is a character in William Faulkner's 1931 novel Sanctuary. He is a Memphis, Tennessee-based criminal who rapes Temple Drake and introduces her into
Popeye_(Faulkner_character)
American film director (1896–1977)
as Ben Hecht, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner. Hawks credited himself with the discovery of William Faulkner and introducing the then-unknown writer
Howard_Hawks
2021 novel by Patricia Lockwood
writers in the American, Irish and British 20th-century tradition like William Faulkner, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Joan Didion; and the novel was also
No_One_Is_Talking_About_This
Surname list
[citation needed] Adam Faulkner (swimmer) (born 1981), British swimmer Alex Faulkner (1936–2025), Canadian ice hockey player Alexander Faulkner Shand (1858–1936)
Faulkner_(surname)
Award
Gertrud von Le Fort, and Henriette Roland Holst. The American author William Faulkner was nominated in 1950 and was awarded for last year. The authors Edgar
1950 Nobel Prize in Literature
1950_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
American judge and politician (1892–1959)
in 1929 to the American writer, and later Nobel Prize winner, William Faulkner. Faulkner had courted Estelle before she married Franklin. Franklin remarried
Cornell_Franklin
City in Mississippi, United States
626. It is notable as the birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner and as the northern gateway to the Tanglefoot Trail. New Albany was
New_Albany,_Mississippi
American photographer
and photojournalist, known best for his photographs of the author William Faulkner. Dain studied photography in Paris, before returning to the United
Martin_Dain
were Wallace Stevens, Gottfried Benn, T. S. Eliot, Anna Akhmatova, William Faulkner, Dorothy Richardson, John Cowper Powys, and Ezra Pound. Basil Bunting
List_of_modernist_writers
Topics referred to by the same term
William Faulkner was an American author. Faulkner may also refer to: Faulkner (surname), an English surname (and list of people with that name) Faulkner
Faulkner_(disambiguation)
2013 novel by Donna Tartt
(1952) The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1953) A Fable by William Faulkner (1955) Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor (1956) A Death in the Family
The_Goldfinch_(novel)
American academic (1939–2024)
was an American scholar and editor, focused mainly on the works of William Faulkner. She was a founder and associate director of the Center for the Study
Ann_J._Abadie
History of a US university
Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. The home is preserved as it was at the time of Faulkner's 1962 death. Faulkner worked as the university's
History of the University of Mississippi
History_of_the_University_of_Mississippi
American writer, historian and journalist (1916–2005)
hero William Faulkner. The latter once told a University of Virginia class that Foote "shows promise, if he'll just stop trying to write Faulkner, and
Shelby_Foote
American film and theatre director (1914–1990)
(1957). His 1958 film The Long, Hot Summer, based on three works by William Faulkner, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. This
Martin_Ritt
Joseph Conrad 1899 3 Light in August William Faulkner 1932 3 Lolita Vladimir Nabokov 1955 6 Lord of the Flies William Golding 1954 3 The Lord of the Rings
List of English-language books considered the best
List_of_English-language_books_considered_the_best
1948 novel by William Faulkner
Intruder in the Dust is a 1948 crime novel written by American author William Faulkner. Taking place in Mississippi, it revolves around an African-American
Intruder_in_the_Dust
1966 novel by Robert Stone
counterculture. The book won the 1967 William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel, a predecessor of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the Houghton
A_Hall_of_Mirrors
American actor and comedian (born 1978)
the classics." He named works by Tobias Wolff, Fyodor Dostoevsky, William Faulkner, Richard Ford, George Saunders, and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki as influences
Bill_Hader
1899 novel by Kate Chopin
literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as
The_Awakening_(Chopin_novel)
American author, editor, and publisher
father, Dean Swift Faulkner, died in a plane crash. Dean Swift Faulkner, a pilot, was the younger brother of novelist William Faulkner. Wells was adopted
Dean_Faulkner_Wells
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include
Mark_Twain
Chinese author (born 1955)
many Chinese writers of his generation, came under the influence of William Faulkner and Gabriel García Márquez; their magical realism offered him both
Mo_Yan
Novels by William Faulkner
The Snopes trilogy is a series of three novels written by William Faulkner regarding the Snopes family in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
Snopes_trilogy
introduced many canonical American authors of the 20th century—such as William Faulkner, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, Flannery O'Connor and Ernest Hemingway—to
Maurice_Coindreau
1851 novel by Herman Melville
the 20th century, after the 1919 centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence
Moby-Dick
State University. It is devoted to the study of the life and works of William Faulkner (1897–1962), the American author who was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Center_for_Faulkner_Studies
Novel created from published short stories
and The Red Pony (1937) by John Steinbeck The Unvanquished (1938) by William Faulkner The Big Sleep (1939), Farewell, My Lovely (1940) and The Lady in the
Fix-up
American lawyer
Phil Stone, was an attorney from Oxford, Mississippi, and mentor to William Faulkner. Educated at the University of Mississippi and Yale, Stone had a law
Phil_Stone
American novelist
Post, New York Times, and the Telegraph have compared his writing to William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy, and J. D. Salinger. Meyer grew
Philipp_Meyer
2005 film
United States–Mexico border as well as the novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, which contains the same plot premise and challenges encountered in
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The_Three_Burials_of_Melquiades_Estrada
Short story by William Faulkner
"Barn Burning" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner. First appearing in Harper's Magazine in June 1939, it has since been widely anthologized
Barn_Burning
Topics referred to by the same term
Faulker & Co. Charles H. Faulkner (1937–2022), American archaeologist and anthropologist C. W. Faulkner (Charles William Faulkner), printer and publisher
Charles_Faulkner
traditional themes. Some prominent writers from Mississippi's past include William Faulkner, Richard Wright, Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty and Shelby Foote
Mississippi_literature
American actress (active 2004–present)
collected first-edition books by authors like Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner. "Atlanta native's star rises to ABC". The Atlanta Constitution. 2005-04-28
Wynn_Everett
1927 novel by William Faulkner
Mosquitoes is a satiric novel by the American author William Faulkner. The book was first published in 1927 by the New York-based publishing house Boni
Mosquitoes_(novel)
American actor
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He
Will_Patton
British author
Consciousness Prize (2023) and her writing drew comparisons to writers such as William Faulkner and classical mythology. In an interview with TriQuarterly, Williams's
Missouri_Williams
Dog crossbreed
Abraham Lincoln wrote about the "fice" dog in his poem, "The Bear Hunt". William Faulkner mentions the "fice dog" in The Sound and the Fury, but uses the spelling
Feist_(dog_type)
Latin phrase meaning "to the stars"
Lithuania "Ad Astra" is the title of a William Faulkner short story, found in Collected Stories of William Faulkner (New York: Vintage International). A
Ad_astra
2025 book by Ron Chernow
praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Tracing Twain's journey
Mark_Twain_(book)
American actor and writer (1922–1988)
includes signed first editions by Graham Greene, Vladimir Nabokov, William Faulkner, E.M. Forster, Katherine Anne Porter, Isak Dinesen, Alice B. Toklas
Sandy_Campbell_(actor)
Novel by Peruvian writer José María Arguedas
Award (Premio Nacional de Cultura) in 1959, and was a finalist in the William Faulkner Foundation Ibero-American award (1963). Since then, critical interest
Deep_Rivers
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Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A...
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 Pet form of English William, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
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Form of William; Resolute Protector
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English : variant of Gilliam, which is itself a variant of William.
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Short form of English Lillian, LILLIA means "lily."
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 Pet form of Scottish Gaelic Uilleam, WILLIE means "will-helmet." Compare with another form of Willie.
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Variant spelling of Scottish Lilias, LILLIAS means "lily."
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Will-helmet. Famous Bearers: poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and William...
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English : variant of William, from a central French form in which W is replaced by G.
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English : variant of Gilliam.
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Variant spelling of English Lilian, LILLIAN means "lily."
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English variant spelling of Roman Latin Jillian, GILLIAN means "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
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Scottish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLEAM means "will-helmet."
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cille means “â€associated with the church.â€â€ One St. Cillian left Ireland in about 650 AD with eleven companions and carried out his missionary work in the Rhine region of Germany where he became Bishop of Wurzburg after converting the local lord, Duke Gosbert of Wurzburg, to Christianity. Later Duke Gosbert married Geilana, his brother’s widow and Cillian declared the marriage invalid. While Gosbert was away on a military expedition, Geilana had Cillian beheaded when she found that Gosbert was going to leave her because their marriage was forbidden by the Church. The city of Wurzburg still celebrates a festival of mystery plays each year, known as Killianfest.
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Irish Gaelic form of German Wilhelm, UILLIAM means "will-helmet."
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 Variant spelling of English Killeen, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
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English form of Norman French Willelm, WILLIAM means "will-helmet."
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 Variant spelling of German Kilian, KILLIAN means "little warrior." Compare with another form of Killian.
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