William Faulkner
William Faulkner (1897-1962), US novelist. He joined the Canadian Air Force in 1918, and later took various jobs, including painting and carpentry. His novels present a vivid picture of life in the Deep South of the US. The Sound and the Fury (1929) was well reviewed but failed to sell, and Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying (1930) and Sanctuary (1931) while working as a night-fireman at a power station. Light in August (1933) followed, and by this time Faulkner had established himself as a writer. He also wrote Hollywood scripts, and won the Nobel Prize in 1949.
“A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy. Guy Fawkes to King James I, 6 November 1605”
