William Faulkner (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)

William Cuthbert Faulkner (FAWK-nur), one of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century, was born in New Albany, Mississippi, in 1897. He was heir to a family whose heritage embraced the history of the South, from antebellum riches to the hard times that followed the Civil War. The most notable influence on Faulkner was his grandfather, William Clark Falkner (the novelist changed the spelling of the family name). Known as the “Old Colonel,” William Clark Falkner was a towering figure whose achievements included service in the Mexican War and Civil War and authorship of...

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