William Faulkner
(William Cuthbert Falkner)
(1897 - 1962)William Faulkner was born in 1897 in Mississippi. He left high school at fifteen to work in his grandfather's bank. Rejected by the US military in 1915, he joined the Canadian flyers but was still in training when the war ended. Returning home he studied at the University of Mississippi. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. He died in 1962.
Series
Sin and Salvation
1. Sartoris (1929)
2. The Sound and the Fury (1929)
3. As I Lay Dying (1930)
4. Sanctuary (1931)
5. Light in August (1931)
6. Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
7. Requiem for a Nun (1951)
1. Sartoris (1929)
2. The Sound and the Fury (1929)
3. As I Lay Dying (1930)
4. Sanctuary (1931)
5. Light in August (1931)
6. Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
7. Requiem for a Nun (1951)
Novels
Soldiers Pay (1926)
Mosquitoes (1927)
Pylon (1935)
The Unvanquished (1938)
If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (1939)
aka The Wild Palms
Intruder in the Dust (1948)
A Fable (1954)
The Reivers (1962)
Flags in the Dust (1973)
Mosquitoes (1927)
Pylon (1935)
The Unvanquished (1938)
If I Forget Thee Jerusalem (1939)
aka The Wild Palms
Intruder in the Dust (1948)
A Fable (1954)
The Reivers (1962)
Flags in the Dust (1973)
Collections
These 13 (1931)
Doctor Martino (1934)
Go Down, Moses (1942)
The Portable Faulkner (1946)
Knight's Gambit (1949)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (1950)
Big Woods (1955)
New Orleans Sketches (1958)
Three Famous Short Novels (1958)
Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1961)
The Wishing Tree (1964)
A Faulkner Miscellany (1974)
Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner (1979)
The Essential Faulkner (2013)
Doctor Martino (1934)
Go Down, Moses (1942)
The Portable Faulkner (1946)
Knight's Gambit (1949)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (1950)
Big Woods (1955)
New Orleans Sketches (1958)
Three Famous Short Novels (1958)
Selected Short Stories of William Faulkner (1961)
The Wishing Tree (1964)
A Faulkner Miscellany (1974)
Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner (1979)
The Essential Faulkner (2013)
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by William Faulkner
Spine Chillers (1961)
The 3rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1962)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
A Century of Short Stories (1977)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
The 3rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1962)
The Hounds of Hell (1974)
A Century of Short Stories (1977)
The Giant Book of Horror Stories (1981)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (1992)
American Gothic Tales (1996)
Short stories
| The Liar (1925) | |||
| A Rose for Emily (1930) | |||
| Dry September (1931) | |||
| The Hound (1931) | |||
| Delta Autumn (1942) |
Awards
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Books about William Faulkner
William Faulkner and His South (1951) by Robert Penn Warren
Faulkner (1966) by Robert Penn Warren
Twentieth Century Interpretations of Faulkner (1966) by Robert Penn Warren
One Matchless Time (2004) by Jay Parini
Faulkner (1966) by Robert Penn Warren
Twentieth Century Interpretations of Faulkner (1966) by Robert Penn Warren
One Matchless Time (2004) by Jay Parini
William Faulkner recommends
 The Last Voyage: and Other Stories (1997) James Hanley "Hanley is a chronicler of nomads and potential escapees, a writer who travelled the spaces of sea and conciousness... using language like a good clean cyclone." |
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