William Faulkner - Two Time Pullitzer Prize Winner & Poet-Novelist of Mississippi | Mini Bio | BIO
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- A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, William Faulkner was the poet-novelist of Mississippi. His novels "The Sound and the Fury," "As I Lay Dying," and "Light in August" all reflect the history and culture of the American South. #Biography
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William Faulkner - Two Time Pullitzer Prize Winner & Poet-Novelist of Mississippi | Mini Bio | BIO
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I read _As I Lay Dying_ in my english class my junior year of high school. Sad that I never finished it since I was reading it in a time where I wasn't doing too well. I'm in college now and I would love to revisit it some day. His works proved the genius behind his writing, giving a glimpse of the grimness in the human psyche.
Faulkner was one of those rarest of things: a true genius.
(But the seminar I took on his works still scarred me for life.)
why ? how ?
How?
@@yonathanasefaw9001 Having to cram 6 of his books into a term, including both The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom, not to mention some scenes from Sanctuary I will NEVER get out of my head, my impressionable age, a very tough instructor, the sheer difficulty of it, the wild and unmanageable beauty of it, like staring too long into the sun.
@@Vesnicie I took a Faulkner class in college. Read all those books. I was blown away but by the end I also sort of hated him. So much despair!
My great-grandparents were friends with him and they’re buried close to each other
I'm his great grand son
Really ?
Wow I'm a huge fan I plan on visiting oxford
😂👍
He's not
then you would’ve written “grandson” as one word lmao
John Grisham’s book “The Reckoning” lead me here.
when I was in Engineering college in the early/mid 80's I took a required English comp class and one of our assignments was a report on a novelist/writer...we could choose anybody...I had never heard of Faulkner but was in the library doing some research to decide who I would do my paper on and I stumbled across one of his novels (I don't remember which one), upon reading the opening paragraph it was clear whoever wrote it was a giant in his field and borderline genius...the prose were the most complicated words I had ever read and I took it as a challenge to my own intellect and made the decision to do my report on him. When I informed my prof on my report's subject she said "for your sake, I suggest you pick another writer"...to which I took as yet another challenge and cemented my decision...long story short, I got an A (as usual) and Mr. Faulkner became my fave writer...I think my personal fave is As I lay Dying...
The Sound and the Fury is not Faulkner's first novel; it is his fourth. This is a great little bio--but I am surprised that it includes this incorrect information.
+Mary McCampbell Yeah, but they didn't say it was his first book. They said it was his first book that he got "inside" the book
+TheDman Gaming I know that wasn't supposed to sound bad but...
At 00:40 the narrator clearly says, "his first novel The Sound and the Fury..."
This is incorrect. It wasn't his first novel.
i know him from "road to glory" and mostly from "The Big Sleep" great movies ...GREAT MAN !!!!
The Unvanquished has always been my favorite William Faulkner book . Second is The Reivers .
Some great people to talk about on the Biography channel: Ernest Hemingway, Natalie Goldberg, Susan Jeffer, The Great Gatsby, Aristotle, Charlotte Bronte, Amy Tan, Gloria Anzaldua, Johanna M. Smith, Donald M. Murray, Joseph Addison, Sophocle, Benjamin Bloom, Louis Anderson, Joyce Carol, Kerstin Heist, Clifford Kurkowski, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Tom Wolfe, Dr. Linus Pauling, Maya Angelou, Stephen Toulmin, Don Delillo and Mark Twain.
I am adding all these to my academic library.
the great gatsby is the best writer of all time...
awesome, do flannery o'connor pleaaaase
The Southern Gentleman
Like to know more about Faulkner from keralam.
ai que tudo
September 25 1897-July 6 1962
Age 64
Its Mr. Feeny
A great reactionary writer!
Reactionary? Do you really think that?.... or just hoping?
Sound and the Fury is not Faulkner's first novel.
My last name is faulkner
I have to try him. What I have read, impresses me. I hope he was a better person in life than Fitzgerald or Hemingway. Just kidding.
That guitar in the background sounds awful grunge. In the beginning
my last name is falkner i wonder if I'm related
yes. you will be remembered as one of the greats.
Probably not.
Its Mr. Feeny