William Faulkner

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Nobel Prize laureate in Literature essayist human novelist playwright screenwriter short story writer

William Faulkner was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer renowned for his complex narratives and pioneering use of stream of consciousness, particularly in works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

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William Cuthbert Faulkner 1
William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction 1

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instanceOf Nobel Prize laureate in Literature ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
causeOfDeath myocardial infarction ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-09-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1962-07-06 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Mississippi ⓘ
employer University of Virginia ⓘ
familyName William Faulkner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Faulkner
fictionalUniverseCreated Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
fullName William Faulkner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Cuthbert Faulkner
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
notableWork A Fable ⓘ
Absalom, Absalom! ⓘ
As I Lay Dying ⓘ
Collected Stories of William Faulkner ⓘ
Go Down, Moses ⓘ
Intruder in the Dust ⓘ
Light in August ⓘ
Sanctuary ⓘ
The Hamlet ⓘ
The Mansion ⓘ
The Reivers ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury ⓘ
The Town ⓘ
The Unvanquished ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
surface form: Yoknapatawpha County cycle
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Albany, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial Oxford, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Byhalia, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Writer-in-Residence at the University of Virginia ⓘ
residence Oxford, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
servedIn World War I ⓘ
surface form: World War I (training, no combat)
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Estelle Oldham Faulkner ⓘ
writingStyle stream of consciousness ⓘ

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Jason Compson IV → appearsIn → William Faulkner ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha fiction
Jefferson, Mississippi → appearsInWorkBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Southern Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → William Faulkner ⓘ
As I Lay Dying → author → William Faulkner ⓘ
Sartoris → author → William Faulkner ⓘ
subject surface form: Flags in the Dust
Sartoris → author → William Faulkner ⓘ
The Sound and the Fury → author → William Faulkner ⓘ
Benjy Compson → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Caddy Compson → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Caroline Compson → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Dilsey Gibson → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Mr. Jason Compson III → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
subject surface form: Jason Compson III
Jefferson, Mississippi → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Luster → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Miss Quentin → createdBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Jason Compson IV → creator → William Faulkner ⓘ
Quentin Compson → creator → William Faulkner ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County → creator → William Faulkner ⓘ
William Faulkner → familyName → William Faulkner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Faulkner
William Faulkner → fullName → William Faulkner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Cuthbert Faulkner
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → William Faulkner ⓘ
American literature → hasNotableAuthor → William Faulkner ⓘ
Lost Generation → hasNotableMember → William Faulkner ⓘ
William Dean Howells Medal → hasRecipient → William Faulkner ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky → influenced → William Faulkner ⓘ
Herman Melville → influenced → William Faulkner ⓘ
James Joyce → influenced → William Faulkner ⓘ
Joseph Conrad → influenced → William Faulkner ⓘ
Nathaniel Hawthorne → influenced → William Faulkner ⓘ
Sherwood Anderson → influenced → William Faulkner ⓘ
Carson McCullers → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Cormac McCarthy → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Gabriel García Márquez → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Jesmyn Ward → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Leaf Storm → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Raymond Carver → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
The Death of Artemio Cruz → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Thomas Pynchon → influencedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
Yoknapatawpha County → mappedBy → William Faulkner ⓘ
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction → namedAfter → William Faulkner ⓘ
The Big Sleep → screenwriter → William Faulkner ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film)