William Faulkner Achievements, Author Biography, Trivia, and Movies

Honors and Awards

Year	Award	Work
1963	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction	The Reivers
1955	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction	A Fable
1951	National Book Award for Fiction	The Collected Stories of William Faulkner
1955	National Book Award for Fiction	A Fable
1955	Nominated - National Book Award for Fiction	A Fable
1952	Nominated - National Book Award for Fiction	Requiem for a Nun

Written works by William Faulkner

Title	Published	Genre
Light in August	1932	Fiction
Absalom, Absalom!	1936
The Sound and the Fury	1929	Gothic fiction
As I Lay Dying	1930	Novel
If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem	1939
Sanctuary	1931	Fiction
Go Down, Moses	1942	Novel
These 13
Intruder in the Dust	1948	Crime Fiction
The Reivers	1962	Novel
That Evening Sun	1931
A Fable	1954	Novel
A Rose for Emily	1930
Barn Burning	1939
The Hamlet	1940	Novel
The Mansion	1959	Novel
Requiem for a Nun	1950
Pylon	1935	Fiction
The Unvanquished	1940	Novel
Flags in the Dust	1973
Mosquitoes	1927	Comedy
Dry September	1931
Soldiers' Pay	1926
The Town	1957	Novel
Shingles for the Lord	1943
Red Leaves	1930
Knight's gambit
Battle cry
The best of Faulkner
La Ville
My mother is a fish
El Oso / The Bear
The wild palms
Treize histoires
Inkraktare i stoftet
The bear
Pylone
Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
L'Intrus
Las Palmeras Salvajes
A Summer of Faulkner
Wilde Palmen und Der Strom. Doppelroman
The indispensible Faulkner
Œuvres romanesques
Sanctuaire
Les fantômes de Rowan Oak
Uncollected stories of William Faulkner
L'Arbre aux Souhaits
Humo/Smoke
The Mansion (1959): Typescript Draft
Marble Faun&green Bough
Oeuvres Romanesques, Volume 3
Las palmeras salvajes
Frankie und Johnny. Uncollected Stories
Reivers, The
Desciende, Moises / Go Down, Moses
Luz de Agosto
Gambito de Caballo
Relatos
Intruso En El Polvo
Snopes
Uncle Willy and Other Stories
Mississippi poems
Die Freistatt
La Paga del Soldado
Le gambit du cavalier
Lumiere D'Aout
The Reivers, 1962
These Thirteen
Svet v avguste
Wielki las
Una Rosa Para Emily y Miss Zil
Dr Martino and other stories
Two Soldiers
Essays, speeches & public letters
Le Domaine
Requiem pour une nonne
de Esta Tierra y Mas Alla
El Ruido Y La Furia/ The Noise and the Fury
LA Mansion
Lumière d'août
No Royalty A/C the Essential Faulkner
Histoires diverses
Mosquitos, 1927
Parabole
The wishing tree
Xmauri da mżvinvareba, and, Datʻvi
Art Today
Doctor Martino and other stories
Spotted horses
Bear, man & God
A Fable, 1954
M187 Sound & the Fury
Miss Zilphia Gant
Spark Notes As I Lay Dying
The Bear, Old Man, and Spotted Horses
Collected stories
Novels 1942-1954
El Campo, El Pueblo, El Yerno
Helen, a courtship

William Faulkner quotes

The tools I need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.
- William Faulkner
Be scared. You cant help that. But dont be afraid. Aint nothing in the woods going to hurt you unless you corner it, or it smells that you are afraid. A bear or a deer, too, has got to be scared of a coward the same as a brave man has got to be.
- William Faulkner
I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.
- William Faulkner
A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.
- William Faulkner
If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the Ode on a Grecian Urn is worth any number of old ladies.
- William Faulkner

Works by William Faulkner adapted to film

The Tarnished Angels

Release date:1958

Directed by:Douglas Sirk

Genre:Black-and-white

Adapted from:Pylon

The Reivers

Release date:December 25, 1969

Directed by:Mark Rydell

Genre:Adventure film

Adapted from:The Reivers

Rated:

Barn Burning

Release date:1980

Directed by:Peter Werner

Genre:Film adaptation

Adapted from:Barn Burning

As I Lay Dying

Release date:May 2013

Directed by:James Franco

Genre:Drama

Adapted from:As I Lay Dying

Places William Faulkner has lived

Map showing Places Lived by William Faulkner

Marker	Location	Population
A	Mississippi	2,978,512
B	Oxford	19,393

Personal relationships of William Faulkner

Estelle Oldham

Relationship type:Marriage

Together:June 20, 1929 - July 6, 1962

Frequently Asked Questions

Q:
How did William Faulkner die?
A:
His death was caused by a myocardial infarction.
Q:
What is a popular quote by William Faulkner?
A:
A famous quote is, "A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream."
Q:
Who is acknowledged for having an influence on William Faulkner?
A:
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe and William Shakespeare inspired William Faulkner.
Q:
What was William Faulkner's occupation?
A:
William Faulkner was an accomplished writer and novelist.
Q:
Which book titles have been published by writer, William Faulkner?
A:
Well known works include:
- Absalom, Absalom!
- The Unvanquished
- As I Lay Dying
- Go Down, Moses
- The Sound and the Fury
- The Hamlet
- A Fable
Q:
Where was William Faulkner born?
A:
William Faulkner was born in New Albany.

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