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Also Known As	William Cuthbert Faulkner • William Cuthbert Falkner
Born	September 25, 1897 • Mississippi
Died	July 6, 1962 (aged 64) • Mississippi
Awards And Honors	National Book Award • Pulitzer Prize (1963) • Pulitzer Prize (1955) • Nobel Prize (1949)
Notable Works	“A Fable” • “Absalom, Absalom!” • “As I Lay Dying” • “Go Down, Moses” • “Intruder in the Dust” • “Light in August” • “Mosquitoes” • “Requiem for a Nun” • “Sanctuary” • “Sartoris” • “Soldier’s Pay” • “The Bear” • “The Hamlet” • “The Mansion” • “The Marble Faun” • “The Reivers” • “The Sound and the Fury” • “The Town” • “The Wild Palms”
Movement / Style	Modernism • Southern gothic