Author
William Styron
June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006 · United States
Writer, Military personnel, Novelist
Titles on list
5
Total weeks
139
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
28
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- June 11, 1925 · Newport News
- Died
- November 1, 2006 · Martha's Vineyard
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Duke University, Davidson College, Warwick High School, Christchurch School
Awards & Honours
- 1968Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- 1970William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1980National Book Award
- 1982St. Louis Literary Award
- 1985Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
- 1990Lucien Barrière Literary Award
- 1995Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
- Rome Prize
- National Medal of Arts
- Library of Congress Living Legend
On the Bestseller Lists
5 titles
DARKNESS VISIBLE
William Styron
DARKNESS VISIBLE
#1 · 24 wks
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
William Styron
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
#1 · 47 wks
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
William Styron
THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
#1 · 44 wks
SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE
William Styron
SET THIS HOUSE ON FIRE
#8 · 14 wks
LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS
William Styron
LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS
#7 · 10 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).