Faulkner

American

[fawk-ner] / ˈfɔk nər /

noun

William, 1897–1962, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Nobel Prize 1949.

Faulkner British

/ ˈfɔːknə, fɔːkˈnɪərɪən /

noun

William. 1897–1962, US novelist and short-story writer. Most of his works portray the problems of the southern US, esp the novels set in the imaginary county of Yoknapatawpha in Mississippi. Other novels include The Sound and the Fury (1929) and Light in August (1932): Nobel prize for literature 1949

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Other Word Forms

Faulknerian adjective

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Judy Faulkner started privately held healthcare software company Epic Systems, where the company’s internal “10 commandments” include “do not go public.”

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Morrison seems to have taken particular inspiration from the omissions and evasions of Faulkner’s fragmentary storytelling.

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She was one of many authors he wrangled—alcoholic William Faulkner, neurotic Dr. Seuss, industrious James Michener, imperious Philip Roth.

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This outdoor thriller wouldn’t be misplaced on a shelf alongside certain tales by Faulkner, Hemingway or Steinbeck.

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William Faulkner was describing how the past shapes the present; digital consumers are likely to read him the other way round.

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