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The 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the American author William Faulkner (1897–1962) "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel." [1] The prize was awarded the following year in October 1950. The Nobel Committee for Literature had decided that none of the nominations for 1949 met the ...
When Faulkner visited Stockholm in December 1950 to receive the Nobel Prize, he met Else Jonsson (1912–1996), who was the widow of journalist Thorsten Jonsson (1910–1950). Jonsson, a reporter for Dagens Nyheter from 1943 to 1946, had interviewed Faulkner in 1946 and introduced his works to Swedish readers.
The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner.It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness.Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful.
William Faulkner. The Center for Faulkner Studies (CFS) is a research center located at Southeast Missouri State University.It is devoted to the study of the life and works of William Faulkner (1897–1962), the American author who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.
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Since Faulkner was awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, Soldiers' Pay has remained in print. [9] First edition copies are valuable among collectors, often selling for upwards of $35,000. The original manuscript of Mayday from which Soldiers' Pay was edited was dedicated in Faulkner's manuscript to a love interest named Helen Baird.
William Faulkner (1897—1962) [1] was an American writer who won the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County , a stand-in for his hometown of Oxford in Lafayette County, Mississippi .
The film was shot in Faulkner's home town of Oxford, Mississippi. In 1950, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for "his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel." [1] The Nobel Prize was not specifically for his novel Intruder in the Dust but for the enduring contribution of his writing as a whole.