William Faulkner






William Faulkner

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born
September 25, 1897

died
July 06, 1962

gender
male

place of birth
New Albany, Mississippi, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry

influences
James Joyce, William Shakespeare, Nietzsche, T.S. Eliot


about this author

Awarded 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel."




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avg rating: 3.86 | 54,952 ratings | 4,221 reviews | 177 distinct works | 229 fans
The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.91 — 15,308 ratings — published 1929
46 editions
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As I Lay Dying As I Lay Dying
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.76 — 14,668 ratings — published 1930
41 editions
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Light in August Light in August
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.94 — 6,537 ratings — published 1932
34 editions
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Absalom, Absalom! Absalom, Absalom!
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.95 — 4,398 ratings — published 1936
28 editions
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Go Down, Moses Go Down, Moses
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.91 — 1,603 ratings — published 1942
19 editions
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Sanctuary Sanctuary
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.62 — 1,688 ratings — published 1931
25 editions
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Collected Stories Collected Stories
by William Faulkner
avg rating 4.24 — 879 ratings — published 1977
12 editions
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The Unvanquished The Unvanquished
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.61 — 927 ratings — published 1938
13 editions
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The Hamlet The Hamlet
by William Faulkner
avg rating 3.84 — 794 ratings — published 1940
11 editions
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A Rose for Emily A Rose for Emily (The Charles E. Merrill literary casebook series)
by William Faulkner
avg rating 4.06 — 679 ratings — published 1363
12 editions
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"Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."
William Faulkner
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"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner
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"Memory believes before knowing remembers."
William Faulkner (Light in August)
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