William Faulkner in New Albany, Mississippi

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William Faulkner

Cleveland Street, New Albany, MS, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 34° 29' 38.8248", -89° 0' 8.6904"

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Born here, September 25, 1897. Distinguished author, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Last updated: 6/11/2016 14:59:30

StoppingPoints.com Editorial on William Faulkner:

See also William Faulkner's home and William Faulkner's grave in nearby Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner attended St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, MSand the University of Mississippi as well. The Lafayette County Courthouse and Confederate war monument in Oxford were the setting for the final scene in Faulkner's novel, The Sound and the Fury.

Also, read about Jacob Thompson upon whom Faulkner based his character, Jason Compson, in The Sound in the Fury.

Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy

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