Faulk·ner also Falk·ner (fôk n r), William 1897-1962. American writer who set many of his works, such as the novels The Sound and the Fury (1929) and The Unvanquished (1938), in the imaginary Yoknapatawpha County, a microcosm of the postbellum South, in which he explored the decay of traditional Southern culture and the relations between the races. He won the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature. Faulk·ner i·an (fôk-nîr -n) adj. |
Faulkner, Falkner [ˈfɔːknə]
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(Biographies / Faulkner, William (1897-1962) M, US, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) William. 1897-1962, US novelist and short-story writer. Most of his works portray the problems of the southern US, esp the novels set in the imaginary county of Yoknapatawpha in Mississippi. Other novels include The Sound and the Fury (1929) and Light in August (1932): Nobel prize for literature 1949
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| Noun | 1. |  Faulkner - United States novelist (originally Falkner) who wrote about people in the southern United States (1897-1962) |
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