William Faulkner

William Faulkner was one of the well known novelists from The United States, who was famous for writing books based on the fiction, southern gothic, and poetry genres. He was a Nobel Prize winner from Oxford, Mississippi. Author Faulkner was known for writing novels, plays, screenplays, short stories, essays, poetry, etc. He is particularly popular for writing the short stories and books set in the fictional region called Yoknapatawpha County, which is based on the Lafayette County in Mississippi where he lived for most his lifetime. Author Faulkner is considered to be one of the highly celebrated authors in the American literature in general and specifically in the Southern literature. Even though a number of his works were published during the 1920s and the 1930s, he was mostly unknown until he received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year 1949. With this achievement, he became the only Nobel winner born in Mississippi. A couple of novels written by Faulkner have received the Pulitzer Prize. Author Faulkner was born as William Cuthbert Falkner on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi, United States. He was the eldest among the 4 children of Maud Butler and Murry Cuthbert Falkner. When author Faulkner was one year old, his family shifted to Ripley, Mississippi. Later, when some differences arose between Faulkner’s grandfather and father regarding the taking up of the family’s railroad business, his family moved to and settled in Oxford. This became the permanent residence of author Faulkner for the remainder of his life.