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  2. 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature - Wikipedia

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    The choice of William Faulkner as the Nobel Prize Laureate was well received. [10] Faulkner himself at first refused to travel to Sweden to accept the award, but was persuaded by friends and his wife to travel. At the banquet in Stockholm on 10 December 1950 he held a memorable acceptance speech.

  3. William Faulkner - Wikipedia

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    William Cuthbert Faulkner (/ ˈ f ɔː k n ər /; [1] [2] September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) 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.

  4. The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit - Wikipedia

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    The title is a reference to William Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. The film consists of only five shots, each lasting several minutes. The film consists of only five shots, each lasting several minutes.

  5. William Faulkner bibliography - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  6. John Updike - Wikipedia

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    John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as ...

  7. The story behind the longest Oscars acceptance speech ... - AOL

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    In 1943, English actor Greer Garson won the Academy Award for Best Actress and spoke for an undefeated four minutes. Clémence Michallon revisits this page in Oscars history

  8. Center for Faulkner Studies - Wikipedia

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    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. The Center was established in 1989, after the university acquired the Louis Daniel Brodsky collection of Faulkner materials.

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