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September 25, 1897 july 6, 1962 was an american writer and nobel prize laureate from oxford, mississippi. William faulkner was born in 1897 in new albany, mississippi, where his. Listen to light in august audiobook by william faulkner. The events, accusations, and hardships happening in faulkners life at the time he wrote the story may have greatly affected the writing of a rose for emily. He began a fableset in france during world war 1just after the end of the second world war. Jul 15, 2010 william faulkner goes online, 50 years later. William faulkner on writing, the purpose of art, working. Jrr tolkien, aldous huxley, george orwell, dorothy l sayers, cs lewis, william faulkner, kahlil gibran, dh lawrence, robert graves and ernest hemingway. Faulkner was born in mississippi and lived in the state throughout his life. The reason i dont like interviews is that i seem to react violently to personal questions. After deciding that faulkners hometown oxford, mississippi needed a.
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