Author
William Faulkner
September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962 · United States
Screenwriter, Poet, Novelist, Short story writer, Playwright, Children's writer, Writer
Titles on list
8
Total weeks
78
Peak rank
#4
Biography
- Born
- September 25, 1897 · New Albany
- Died
- July 6, 1962 · Byhalia
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- American English, English
- Education
- University of Virginia, University of Mississippi
Awards & Honours
- 1939O. Henry Award
- 1949Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1950William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1951National Book Award
- 1955Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- 1955National Book Award
- 1963Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
On the Bestseller Lists
8 titles
THE REIVERS
William Faulkner
THE REIVERS
#4 · 26 wks
THE MANSION
William Faulkner
THE MANSION
#10 · 13 wks
THE TOWN
William Faulkner
THE TOWN
#6 · 12 wks
A FABLE
William Faulkner
A FABLE
#4 · 15 wks
REQUIEM FOR A NUN
William Faulkner
REQUIEM FOR A NUN
#10 · 7 wks
WILD PALMS
William Faulkner
WILD PALMS
#6 · 1 wk
ABSALOM, ABSALOM
William Faulkner
ABSALOM, ABSALOM
#8 · 1 wk
PYLON
William Faulkner
PYLON
#4 · 3 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).