Faulkner

American  

[fawk-ner] / ˈfɔk nər /

noun

1. William, 1897–1962, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Nobel Prize 1949.

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Faulkner British  

/ ˈfɔːknə, fɔːkˈnɪərɪən /

noun

1. William. 1897–1962, US novelist and short-story writer. Most of his works portray the problems of the southern US, esp the novels set in the imaginary county of Yoknapatawpha in Mississippi. Other novels include The Sound and the Fury (1929) and Light in August (1932): Nobel prize for literature 1949

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Other Word Forms

• Faulknerian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Like the high-Modernist works of William Faulkner, “Call It Sleep” was initially met with incomprehension; a revival decades later established it as a rightful classic of the Jewish-American experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The newly identified manuscript was discovered by medieval manuscript experts Dr. Elisabetta Magnanti and Dr. Mark Faulkner of Trinity College Dublin.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

“It’s a normal congregation of Christian worshippers,” he said on a separate Fox News segment, speaking to Harris Faulkner.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

It brings to mind another famous saying, just as applicable to DDT’s longevity as the one about the Marines, from William Faulkner: “The past is never dead — it’s not even past.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

“It's fine work. Monday bum Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ‘em to ashes, then bum the ashes.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury