Quick Facts About William Faulkner
- Born
- September 25, 1897
- Died
- July 6, 1962
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Novelist
- Notable works
- Sanctuary
- Known for
- The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, A Rose for Emily, Absalom, Absalom!
- Spouse
- Estelle Oldham Faulkner
About William Faulkner
He spent most of his life in Lafayette County, which he used as the model for Yoknapatawpha. In 1949 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and many consider him the greatest writer of Southern literature and one of the most influential American authors of the twentieth century.
