William Faulkner Quotes


Man will not merely endure; he will prevail...


Context

He also repeated this quotation in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in 1951.


Citations

William Faulkner, 1897-1962, Author & Nobel Laureate in Literature, A Fable

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William Faulkner
William Faulkner
  • Born: September 25, 1897
  • Died: July 6, 1962
  • Nationality: American
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry, essays, and a play. He is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life.