Early life
What branch of the military was Faulkner in?
Air force
What career did William Faulkner originally want after dropping out of high school?
What author was the biggest influence on William Faulkner?
William Shakespeare
What was the cause of William Faulkner's Death?
What category of the Nobel Prize did William Faulkner win?
Literature
What state was William Faulkner born in?
Missisippi
What city did William Faulkner transition from a poet to a writer in?
New Orleans
What region of the U.S. influenced Faulkner?
American South
What role/job did William Faulkner have in Hollywood?
Screenwriter
What was the name of the foundation William Faulkner created?
The William Faulkner Foundation
What was the name of his families African-American nanny?
Callie
What was the name of the fictional county William Faulkner created?
Yoknapatawpha county
What was William Faulkner's writing style?
Southern Gothic
What year did William Faulkner move to New Orleans?
1925
What collection of William Faulkner's work led to him winning many awards?
The Portable Faulkner
What job did he work at Oxford?
What was a major self accomplishment for William Faulkner?
Achieving a level of creative independence where he felt liberated from external pressure.
What county was William Faulkner from?
Lafayette County
What University was William Faulkner a writer-in-residence at?
University of Virginia
How many times did William Faulkner win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction?
In what year did he change his name from Falkner to Faulkner?
1918
Who did William Faulkner meet that inspired him to pursue being a writer?
Sherwood Anderson
What was the name of the collection of short stories William Faulkner wrote while in New Orleans?
New Orleans Sketches
What did William Faulkner donate to his local hospital after he lost his first child?
An incubator
A Fable