William faulkner interesting facts

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1. He was a professional soldier in the British army during World War I and served as an ambulance driver for the Royal Navy.

2. Faulkner's first published work, The Old Man and the Sea (1867), won him fame but also caused controversy with its depiction of sailors.

3. Faulkner's second novel, The Sound and the Fury (1925) is considered his masterpiece. It tells the story of a man who goes to war only to return home as a coward.

4. As a writer, Faulkner was part of the Southern Agrarian movement. This group sought to revive the writing and reading of traditional, pastoral poems and prose.

5. His last novel, A Fable (1947), is a retelling of the story of The Tortoise and the Hare. In this story, a hare is forced to run from a tortoise but eventually overtakes him by stopping to rest.

6. He died in his sleep at home in Oxford, Mississippi, after a lifelong battle with depression and alcoholism.

7. In 1962, the University of Mississippi awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 1972, a major exhibition of his works was held at the university and dedicated to him.

8. The William Faulkner Museum in Oxford is dedicated to his memory.

9. His works are taught in most US high schools and his books have never gone out of print.

10. He has sold more than 21 million copies of his books in the United States.

11. The most famous film adaptation of one of his books is the 1949 film adaptation of his 1927 novel, The Big Sleep.

12. He died before seeing the success of this adaptation, which was based on his novel The Big Sleep. The film was directed by Howard Hawks and starred Bogart, Bacall, and Hunsinger.

13. Another famous adaptation is the film adaptation of his 1935 novel, To Have and to Havenot. It was directed by George Clooney, and stars him along with John Lynch and Gary Sinise.

14. He also wrote The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934) and Light in August (1947), which were made into films in the early 1950s.

15. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

16. He was a heavy drinker and user of codeine cough medicine, which reportedly led to his death by alcohol poisoning.

17. He lived in Oxford, Mississippi, for most of his life.

18. He rarely traveled and never left the United States during his lifetime.

19. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

20. There is a statue of him in Jackson, Mississippi.

21. He was awarded the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for "Man's Most Dangerous Animal."

22. He is sometimes referred to as the Dean of American letters.

23. He was born in 1857 in the small town of New Salem, Mississippi.

24. William Faulkner's writing also inspired the French film director Jean-Luc Godard, who made a short experimental film called Breathless (1960). A man runs through the streets of 1950s Havana and then leaps off the docks into the sea. The title of the movie refers to this act of leaping into danger headfirst.

25. The University of Mississippi has created a course dedicated to his work.

26. His works are taught in most US high schools and his books have never gone out of print.

27. He was originally buried in the old Mississippi cemetery, Vina, where his grave was neglected until it was rediscovered in 1987 when a worker clearing tree branches found the skeletal remains. His skull had been stolen and it was eventually returned to his family. His body was moved in a special ceremony in May of the following year.

28. The William Faulkner Award is given out by the University of Mississippi for Faulkner's descendants, who must achieve "exceptional things."

29. In 1966, actor Paul Newman won an Academy Award for his performance as a widowed farmer in the film adaptation of "The People vs. Henry Lee".

30. He is the only Nobel Prize winner never to have set foot in Stockholm.


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