Age, Biography and Wiki
| Birth Day | September 25, 1897 |
| Birth Place | MS |
| Age | 122 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Net worth: $5 million (2024)
William Faulkner, a renowned novelist hailing from Mississippi, is speculated to have a net worth of $5 million by 2024. Faulkner, considered one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, became famous for his complex and influential literary works. His contributions to literature, particularly his novels such as "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying," have earned him numerous accolades, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949. Faulkner's impact on the literary world is immeasurable, cementing his reputation as a literary giant whose works continue to be celebrated and studied worldwide.
About
Pulitzer Prize-winning, Southern Gothic writer whose best known works include The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, and A Rose for Emily. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.
Before Fame
He exclusively wrote poems during his teenage years. He began working on his masterpiece novel, The Sound and the Fury, when he was thirty years old.
Trivia
He became known for his distinct writing style, which is characterized by long, vividly descriptive sentences.
Family Life
He grew up in Mississippi as one of four sons born to Murry Cuthbert Falkner and Maud Butler. He married Estelle Oldham in 1929 and had several extramarital affairs. He had a daughter named Jill.
Associated With
He and his contemporary, Ernest Hemingway, wrote in very different styles (Hemingway filled his work with short, declarative sentences) and intensely disliked each other.
