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Known for
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Exploring the dynamics of Southern culture through stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County
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Receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in literature
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Milestones
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1924 Published a collection of poems in The Marble Faun after receiving financial backing from an acquaintance
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1926 Published his first novel, Soldier's Pay, the story of a wounded soldier returning from World War I
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1929 Published the novel Sartoris, the first of many novels set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi; published The Sound and the Fury, a novel that in four distinct narrative sections describes the downfall of the Compson family; married Estelle Oldham
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1930 Published the novel As I Lay Dying, a story told through the narratives of 15 characters in 59 short sections
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1932 Published Light in August |
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1936 Published the novel Absalom, Absalom! which chronicles the ill-fated attempt by Thomas Sutpen to found a family dynasty in the South
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1942 Published Go Down, Moses, a collection of short stories that includes 'The Bear'
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1948 Published the novel Intruder in the Dust, a story of racial tensions in the South
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1954 Published the novel A Fable, which he had worked on for nearly 10 years
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1955 Won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for A Fable |
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1963 Posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Reivers (1962)
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Did You Know
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Faulkner attempted to enlist in the United States military during World War I but was turned down because, at under 168 cm (5 ft 6 in), he was too short.
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Faulkner dropped out of both high school and college.
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Faulkner worked as a screenwriter for Hollywood, contributing to movies such as To Have and Have Not (1944) and The Big Sleep (1946).
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