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William Faulkner

1897 - 1962

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William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life. A Nobel laureate, Faulkner is one of the most celebrated writers of American literature, often considered the greatest writer of Southern literature and regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, and raised in Oxford, Mississippi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Faulkner is the 175th most popular writer (down from 149th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from United States (down from 130th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Writer.

William Faulkner is most famous for his novel "The Sound and the Fury."

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Among writers, William Faulkner ranks 175 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter Scott, Rudyard Kipling, Pindar, Nicolas Flamel, André Breton, and Wisława Szymborska. After him are Anna Wintour, John Milton, Charlotte Brontë, Nizami Ganjavi, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Fernando Pessoa.

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Among people born in 1897, William Faulkner ranks 4. Before him are Joseph Goebbels, Pope Paul VI, and Irène Joliot-Curie. After him are Patrick Blackett, Amelia Earhart, Zakir Husain, Tadeusz Reichstein, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Thích Quảng Đức. Among people deceased in 1962, William Faulkner ranks 6. Before him are Marilyn Monroe, Eleanor Roosevelt, Niels Bohr, Hermann Hesse, and Adolf Eichmann. After him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Stuart Sutcliffe, Karen Blixen, Lucky Luciano, Arthur Compton, and Georges Bataille.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Faulkner ranks 157 out of 20,380. Before him are Will Smith (1968), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), John Dewey (1859), William R. King (1786), Buckminster Fuller (1895), and Louis Sullivan (1856). After him are James Dean (1931), Steven Seagal (1952), Kirk Douglas (1916), Tina Turner (1939), John Wayne (1907), and George Washington Carver (1864).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, William Faulkner ranks 19. Before him are Jack London (1876), Stephen King (1947), Ezra Pound (1885), Dr. Seuss (1904), Henry David Thoreau (1817), and H. P. Lovecraft (1890). After him are John Steinbeck (1902), David Woodard (1964), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Ray Bradbury (1920), J. D. Salinger (1919), and Truman Capote (1924).

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