Full Name: William Cuthbert Faulkner.
Birth Name: William Cuthbert Falkner.
Known AS: William Faulkner.
Also Known AS: Will Faulkner.
Nickname: Didn't have a Nickname.

Father: Murray Charles Falkner (17 Aug 1870 - 07 Aug 1932).
Mother: Maud Butler Falkner (27 Nov 1871 - 16 Oct 1960).
Wife: Lida Estelle Oldham Franklin ( m. 20 June 1929).
Number of Children: Four (One Son and Three daughters).

Date of Birth: 25 September 1897.
Birth Place: New Albany, Mississippi, United States.

Date of Death: 06 July 1962 (aged 64).
Death Place: Byhalia, Mississippi, United States.
Cause of Death: Heart Failure.
Remains: Buried, St Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, MS.

Gender: Male.
Height: 5 feet 5 inches.
Zodiac SIGN: Libra.
Religion: Presbyterian.
Race or Ethnicity: White.
Education:
  • High School: Oxford High School, Oxford (dropped out)
  • University: The University of Mississippi, Oxford (1919-21)
Occupation: Novelist, Author.
Scholar: Writer-in-Residence, University of Virginia (1957-62).
Nationality: United States.

Notable Award(s):
  • O. Henry Memorial Short Story Award (1939)
  • Nobel Prize in Literature (1949)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1955, 1963)
Influenced By: James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Joseph Conrad, Miguel de Cervantes, Gustave Flaubert, Honoré de Balzac, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, Herman Melville.

Notable Work(s): The Sound and the Fury (1929, novel); As I Lay Dying (1930); A Rose for Emily (1930, short stories); Light in August (1932, novel); Absalom, Absalom! (1936, novel); A Fable (1954, novel); The Reivers (1962, novel).

American writer William Faulkner (25 September 1897-06 July 1962) contributed almost all field of literature such as novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays. The fanciful power and psychological depth of his work rank him as one of the greatest writers. He was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1949) and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1955, 1963).

Early Life & Childhood: William Cuthbert Faulkner was born as William Cuthbert Falkner on 25 September 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi, United States. When he was only one year, his family moved to Oxford, Mississippi. In to Oxford, William was admitted at the Oxford High School. Though he was good student but didn't feel the necessity of formal education. So, he dropped out of high school. After that, William collected a job in a bank in Oxford and began to write. In 1918, William Faulkner tried to become a pilot for the United States Army but failed for physical requirements. In 1919, he entered the University of Mississippi where he studied next two years. In 1925, he visited England, France and Italy. From 1926 to 30, William published a series of novels which earned him commercially successful. During this time, he published Soldiers' Pay (1926), Mosquitoes (1927), precede Sartoris (1927), As I Lay Dying (1930), and Sanctuary (1931) and became successful.

Personal Life & Family: William Faulkner's father, Murray Charles Falkner was the treasurer for the family's Gulf & Chicago Railroad Company and his mother named Maud Butler Falkner. William was the 1st of four sons of his parent. On 20 June 1929, he married Lida Estelle Oldham Franklin who births to four children (One Son and Three Daughters).

Later Life & Death: In 1932, William Faulkner joined to Hollywood for a year as a scriptwriter and an adviser. In 1936, he published Absalom, Absalom!. In 1939, He was awarded the O. Henry Memorial Short Story Award. In 1940, he published the first volume of the Snopes trilogy, The Hamlet, and next two are: The Town (1957) and The Mansion (1959). In 1949, William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1954 for A Fable and in 1962 for The Reivers. He died on 06 July 1962. William Faulkner was buried at Byhalia, Mississippi, United States.