... Prize for literature in 1949. This is quite an achievement as it is the highest prize that can be awarded to an author. Of all of Faulkner's achievements, "The Sound and the Fury" is considered to be one of his greatest novels. Faulkner was part of a distinguished family in Mississippi. His name was originally spelled Falkner. The "u" was added by mistake when ... 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"...

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... the decade that followed, Faulkner donned a host of other identities, alternately and aristocrat, a bohemian, or a derelict? (Zane 5). Faulkner established himself as a major novelist in 1929 with the book The Sound and the Fury (Larinde). He wrote twenty novels and many short stories (Zane 1). His greatest achievements were the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950, the National Book Award, and Pulitzer Prizes. All ... ...

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... of the greatest American observers of Southern life, recording many of his annotations is his extraordinary short stories. Although Faulkner wrote many novels such as Absalom Absalom and The Sound and the Fury, his intuition into the lives of people around him is clearly seen in his shorter stories. That Evening Sun, Uncle Willy, Red Leaves, Hair, and A Rose for Emily are ... ...

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