... . Faulkner had started writing poetry as a young schoolboy. In 1924, he used his own financial resources and published a collection of poetry called "The Marble Faunn". He met Sherwood Anderson who became a close friend and Anderson fueled his literary aspirations. Faulkner wrote three novels before finishing "The Sound and the Fury" and two more the year it was finished, 1929. The same year he ... ...

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... was fired from in 1924.(Encarta) His first work, a volume of poetry in titled "The Marbled Faun" was published that same year with the help of a friend. (Encarta) After befriending Sherwood Anderson, who encouraged Faulkner to fiction, he wrote his first novel titled "Soldiers Pay" which was published in 1926.(Encarta) With the positive reviews of his first novel, Faulkner found his ... ...

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