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A writer from Mississippi who lived in the first half of the 20th century, Faulkner won the [[Nobel Prize]] for Literature and is generally considered one of the greatest American authors. Most of his stories are set in his [[Mythopoeia|mythical Yoknapatawphna County]], based on the real Lafayette County, where Faulkner was born. Faulkner overdose remains the number one cause of death in [[Grammar Nazi]] coummunity.
[[File:Carl Van Vechten - William Faulkner.jpg|thumb|300px|William Faulkner in 1954. Portrait by Carl Van Vechten.]]
A writer from Mississippi who lived in the first half of the 20th century, '''William Faulkner''' won the [[Nobel Prize]] forin Literature]] and is generally considered one of the greatest American authors. Most of his stories are set in his [[Mythopoeia|mythical Yoknapatawphna County]], based on the real Lafayette County, where Faulkner was born. Faulkner overdose remains the number one cause of death in [[Grammar Nazi]] coummunity.
 
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== His works include: ==
* ''[[Absalom, Absalom!]]''
 
* ''[[AbsalomAs AbsalomI Lay Dying (Literaturenovel)|AbsalomAs I Lay AbsalomDying]]''
* ''[[As I Lay Dying]]''
* ''[[A Light in August]]''
* ''[[The Sound and Thethe Fury]]''
* ''[[A Rose for Emily]]''
 
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* [[Corrupt Hick]]: The Snopes trilogy (and many works set in Yoknapawtapha County) has these in abundance. Flem Snopes steals from everyone, gets his own relatives arrested (intentionally), and also basically controls the entire county - everyone owes him money.
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* [[Corrupt Hick]]: The Snopes trilogy (and many works set in Yoknapawtapha County) has these in abundance. Flem Snopes steals from everyone, gets his own relatives arrested (intentionally), and also basically controls the entire county - everyone owes him money.
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Deep South]]
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