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A Rose For Emily Willam Faulkner About Author--Willam Faulkner Life Achievements CareerWorks Writing Charateristics A Rose for Emily Brief Introduction Willam Faulkner(1897-1962) On Sep. 25,1897 In New Albany, Mississippi An writer of novels, short stories, poetry and occassional screenplays. With a prominent great-grandfather, Colonel William Falkner Williams Great-grandfather Faulkner came from an old, proud and distinguished Mississippi Family, which included a governor, a colonel in the Confederate Army, and notable bussiness pioneers. His great-grandfather, Colonel William Clark Falkner, appears as Colonel John Sartoris in Faulkners fiction, had a distinguished career as a soldier, both in the Mexican War and the American Civil War. Life He showed little interest in study and dropped out from his high school. Then he worked in a bank. Effected by his mother, when he was 10, he became a fan of Shakespeare, Fielding, Voltaire, Hugo and other eminent authors. Moved to Oxford, Lafayette in 1902 Life During World War I, he joined the Canadian Royal Flying Corps but never fought. After that, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. However, he still didnt take part in World War I. Life After his retiring, he attended University of Mississippi in Oxford. To New York, New Orleans and Europe. Life In His Marriage Be married with Estera in Lafayette, Oxford He lived with his wife in solitude and concentrated her attention in literature, creating many excellent works. Influenced by Great-grandfatherMum the help of Philip Stone (in 1914) and Sherwood Anderson Field Stone effected him and read modernism Sherwood Anderson encouraged him to explore southern culture and he formed his unique writing style One of the greatest writer in 20th century Initiator of Southern Renaissance One of the most influential modernist novel writers in the west Achievements Achievements An American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi Regarded as one of th