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William Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897 in New Albany, Mississippi. He was named after his grandfather William Clark Faulkner who was involved in many professions but was shot in Riley, Mississippi. The railroad business in the family had kept the family financially stable but the environment in the home was not the best.

William's father, Murray, was an alcoholic which affected his hardheaded mother. This caused constant bickering in the home which you could imagine could have taken a toll on William. Murray eventually though had to look for a different job since the railroad business shut down later. This all led up to Billy needing someone to look after him. An African American lady named "Mammy" Callie did just that. She devoted herself to him and he recieved proper love.

Faulkner in high school had met an aspiring poet named Phil Stone who taught Billy the basics of rhythm and verse in poetry. He was also uninterested in learning at school since he already knew it or he didn't care to. He decided to drop out in the 11th grade and work at a bank for his grandfather. Then Billy became an alcoholic while writing poetry. This would stick with him his whole life. So far, Billy's story does not seem so promising. 

 The man to the left of this text actually came out to be really successful. We can talk about that later. First we will talk about his eagerness to join the Great War. He was rejected in 1918 for only being 5 feet and 5 inches tall. He then moved on to join the Canadian Air Force he had gotten an injury early in his piloting career and was sent home.

Now we may move on to the greatness that Faulkner presented to the country. After his attempt at being a good pilot, he went to the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) just as Phil Stone had. He then had various jobs that he got fired for reading such as being a postmaster. He also became a script writer in Hollywood and wrote some novels. 

Image Below: Faulkner hitting the pipe at his desk at Warner Bros. Studios.

Billy's work had finally been recognized after the second world war. He had the help of Malcolm Cowley who wrote about him and word spread. Faulkner was even recognized for the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. He later married as well and died in 1962 at the age of sixty-four.

Notable Works:

• Sound and the Fury
• Short Novels such as : these Thirteen, Doctor Martino, Other Stories, and more
• Poems: The Marble Faun, The Green Bough 

References: biography.com, notablebiographies.com,  famousauthors.org