William Faulkner was a major American writer of the twentieth century. His imaginative power, and the psychological depth of his works, ranks him as one of America’s greatest novelists. He received the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to modern American literature.
He joined the Canadian, and later, the British, Royal Air Force during the First World War. During the early 1920s, Faulkner wrote poetry and fiction. He is primarily known for his novels and short stories.
Though Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers in American literature generally, he was relatively unknown until he was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.
William Faulkner received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1950. Faulkner donated his Nobel winnings, to establish a fund to support and encourage new fiction writers, eventually resulting in the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Faulkner died of heart attack on 6th July 1962, at the age of 64.
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