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FaulknerVH. Biographical Information. Born- 9/25/1897 Death- 7/6/1962 Birthplace- New Albany, Mississippi. Schooling. He skipped second grade Attended the University of Mississippi. Military. Tried to enlist in the army but turned down Accepted at Canadian Royal Air Force.
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Biographical Information • Born- 9/25/1897 • Death- 7/6/1962 • Birthplace- New Albany, Mississippi
Schooling • He skipped second grade • Attended the University of Mississippi
Military • Tried to enlist in the army but turned down • Accepted at Canadian Royal Air Force
His Writings • Wrote-psychological drama and emotional depth • Suffered the envy and scorn of others • Perhaps considered to be the only true American modernist fiction writer of the 1930’s
His Work • The Sound and the Fury (1929) • As I Lay Dying (1930) • Light in August (1932) • The Unvanquished (1938) • Absalom, Absalom! (1936) • Short story- A Rose for Emily
Acceptance Speech • Faulkner reading his acceptance speech for the Noble Prize in 1950
Movies • He wouldn’t agree with movies such as The Notebook because he’s not the type of guy that would like sappy movies. • He would like many of the war movies today because he was involved in the war. Such as; Jarhead, and Pearl Harbor
Sources • http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-bio.html • http://www.biblio.com/authors/86/William_Faulkner_Biography.html • http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/trivia.html#ch2 • http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/faulkner-speech.html • http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/chronology.html