William Faulkner

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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1. When was William Faulkner born?September 25, 1897
2. When did William Faulkner die?July 6, 1962 (age 64)
3. Where was William Faulkner born?New Albany, Mississippi, USA
4. What is the career?Prolific novelist, short story writer, poet, and screenwriter
5. Who was William Faulkner?He was a famous American writer from the South, born in 1897 and died in 1962, known for creating the fictional town of Yoknapatawpha County.
6. What is Yoknapatawpha County?It is a made‑up town in Mississippi that Faulkner used as the setting for many of his stories, showing the history and people of the South.

Stream-of-consciousness: A narrative mode that depicts the multitude of thoughts and feelings passing through the mind of a narrator in real-time.
Southern Gothic: A literary subgenre that often features grotesque, macabre, or unsettling elements set in the American South.
Literary Modernism: A broad movement in Western literature characterized by experimentation with form, subject matter, and style.