Novelist · 1897 – 1962
William Faulkner
Wrote The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying and other modernist masterpieces exploring the history and decline of the American South, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature and two Pulitzer Prizes.
Major Works
- The Sound and the Fury
- As I Lay Dying
- Absalom, Absalom!
Impact Analysis
Faulkner brought high modernist technique to the American novel, his experiments with time and voice influencing writers across the world, especially in Latin America and the South.
Historical influence score: 80/100
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