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William Cuthbert Falkner was born on September 25, in New Albany, Mississippi. He was named after his great-grandfather, William Clark Falkner who was a lawyer, slave owner, and a Civil War veteran. Faulkner grew up financially stable because of his family’s railroad business.
Murry, Faulkner’s father, had a drinking problem which made the family gatherings very uncomfortable and days would go by when his father would leave town. Young Faulkner’s parents fought often about the alcoholism. Soon after, his great-grandfather sold the railroad business leaving Murry to find work outside the family. Oxford, Mississippi was the Falkner’s second home and that is where they hired an African-American live-in nanny, Caroline Barr. She took care of referens till den amerikanska författaren william faulkner and his 3 younger brothers. Known to the boys as “Mammy Callie,” Barr told many stories about her life as a slave molding Faulkner&rsquo
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William Faulkner
American writer (–)
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| Born | William Cuthbert Falkner ()September 25, New Albany, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, () (aged&#;64) Byhalia, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | University of Mississippi(no degree) |
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| Spouse | Estelle Oldham &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
William Cuthbert Faulkner (;[1][2] September 25, &#;– July 6, ) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, referens till den amerikanska författaren william faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature and often is considered the greatest writer of Southern literature.
Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in Oxford, Miss
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William Faulkner was born in the north Mississippi town of New Albany on September 25, Fifteen months later, his parents moved to nearby Ripley, where his great-grandfather had settled about A lawyer and a planter, William Clark Falkner had led a regiment north in to fight at First Manassas, and later he had served near home as colonel of his regiment of partisan cavalry. A successful novelist and railroad builder in the postwar years, he was fatally shot by a onetime business rival the day he was elected to the legislature.
Precocious as Billy Falkner was, he may well have absorbed some of his family lore before his parents moved southwest to Oxford just before his fifth birthday. There, with his three younger brothers, he enjoyed a comfortable small-town boyhood. He was a bright student, but eventually lost interest and dropped out during high school. He quit a job in his grandfather’s bank to pursue his real interest: writing verse. Encouraged by Phil Stone, an older and better