Born: 25 September 1897 · Died: 6 July 1962 · Age at death: 64
How old was William Faulkner when he died?
William Faulkner died aged 64. He was born on 25 September 1897 and died on 6 July 1962.
American novelist of The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying, set in his imaginary Mississippi county, and a Nobel laureate
Did you know?He spent time working as a postmaster at the University of Mississippi but was eventually fired for reading on the job.
Quick facts
Date of birth25 September 1897
Date of death6 July 1962
Age at death64
Cause of deathMyocardial infarction
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceNew Albany, United States
Occupationscreenwriter, poet, novelist
Editor's Take:
William Faulkner wrote about the American South with daring style. Most of his novels are set in Yoknapatawpha County, an imaginary corner of Mississippi. The Sound and the Fury tells a family's story through different minds. As I Lay Dying follows a family carrying a coffin across the land. He explored race, memory and the weight of history. He also worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
Key Milestones
1929: The Sound and the Fury – novel
1930: As I Lay Dying – novel
1936: Absalom, Absalom! – novel
1949: Nobel Prize – literature
William Cuthbert Faulkner ( FAWK-nər; né Falkner; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spent most of his life.
William Faulkner's birthday is September 25. He was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, United States.
How old was William Faulkner when he died?
William Faulkner died on July 6, 1962, aged 64.
Who shares a birthday with William Faulkner?
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