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(William Styron (1925–2006), born in Newport News, Virginia, was one of the greatest American writers of his generation. Styron published his first book, Lie Down in Darkness, at age twenty-six and went on to write such influential works as the controversial and Pulitzer Prize–winning The Confessions of Nat Turner and the international bestseller Sophie’s Choice.
Novels
The Confessions of Nat Turner (1951)
Lie Down in Darkness (1951)
The Long March (1953)
Set This House on Fire (1960)
A Death in Canaan (1976)
Shadrach (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1979)
Mr Jefferson and Our Times (1984)
Inheritance of Night (1993)
The Way of the Warrior (1996)
Lie Down in Darkness (1951)
The Long March (1953)
Set This House on Fire (1960)
A Death in Canaan (1976)
Shadrach (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1979)
Mr Jefferson and Our Times (1984)
Inheritance of Night (1993)
The Way of the Warrior (1996)
Collections
This Quiet Dust (1982)
Long March / in the Clap Shack (1993)
A Tidewater Morning (1993)
The Suicide Run (2009)
Long March / in the Clap Shack (1993)
A Tidewater Morning (1993)
The Suicide Run (2009)
Plays
Non fiction
Conversations with William Styron (1985)
Darkness Visible (1990)
Fathers and Daughters (1994) (with Mariana Ruth Cook)
Havanas In Camelot (2008)
Letters to My Father (2009)
Selected Letters of William Styron (2012)
Darkness Visible (1990)
Fathers and Daughters (1994) (with Mariana Ruth Cook)
Havanas In Camelot (2008)
Letters to My Father (2009)
Selected Letters of William Styron (2012)
Awards
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William Styron recommends
Let Us Build Us a City (1986)
Donald Harington
"A tender, droll, captivating book that tells much about our country, past and present."
On the River Styx (1989)
Peter Matthiessen
"An original and powerful artist... who has produced as impressive body of work as that of any writer of our time. He has immeasurably enlarged our consciousness."
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