Faulkner

[ fawk-ner ]

/ ˈfɔk nər /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for faulkner

Faulkner, Whitman, and Dickinson did not labor in vain; their books live on, horizontally, stacked like bricks in a display case.
A Teacher Returns to the Classroom and Gets Schooled|Nick Romeo|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whatever else they were, García Márquez and Faulkner were both great storytellers.
García Márquez Showed Us How Great Fiction Could Be|Malcolm Jones|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lionel Trilling routinely hailed Hemingway and Faulkner, F.R. Leavis venerated D.H. Lawrence.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Bar., the Faulkner adaptation As I Lay Dying, and the Sal Mineo biopic Sal, which was released on Nov. 1.
James Franco On ‘Sal,’ Banksy, His Gay Fascination, and That Faulkner Cover|Marlow Stern|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

On the other hand, the only reason that that cover is what it is is because the publisher wants to sell more Faulkner books.
James Franco On ‘Sal,’ Banksy, His Gay Fascination, and That Faulkner Cover|Marlow Stern|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Faulkner records the discovery of a helmet, breastplate, and some swords, on the site of Lowndes Square.
The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge|Henry George Davis
Faulkner says this manor is situated "at Pallengswick or Turnham Green, and extends to the western road."
Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney|Geraldine Edith Mitton
We know your intentions now, Mr. Faulkner, and there is ample time to settle everything.
Barren Honour: A Novel|George A. Lawrence
With which laughing answer my Gouverneur Faulkner denied unto me an immediate breakfast.
The Daredevil|Maria Thompson Daviess
But by its aid he also discovered that she was carrying a flower exactly like the one which Miss Faulkner still held in her hand.
Clarence|Bret Harte

British Dictionary definitions for faulkner

Faulkner

Falkner

/ (ˈfɔːknə) /

noun

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

Derived forms of Faulkner

Faulknerian (fɔːkˈnɪərɪən), adjective

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