Faulkner

[ fawk-ner ]

noun

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

Faulkner

/ ˈfɔːknə; fɔːkˈnɪərɪən /

noun

1. FaulknerWilliam18971962MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer 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

• Faulknerian, adjective

Example Sentences

Really simply, the concept was to pay homage to the strain in American literature of literate writing about the out of doors—from John Fenimore Cooper through Mark Twain through Hemingway and Faulkner.

From Outside Online

The other thing I’ll say, and I’ve said this before, now there’s a saying that’s attributed to Mark Twain, that Faulkner’s music was better than it sounded.

From Ozy

An old axiom, drawn from a Faulkner novel and restated in a speech by then-Sen.

From Vox

Communities from Faulkner, Maryland, to Velva, North Dakota, were grappling with the consequences of coal ash.

From ProPublica

Faulkner, Whitman, and Dickinson did not labor in vain; their books live on, horizontally, stacked like bricks in a display case.

From The Daily Beast

And The Long Way Back, the 1980 novel by Iraqi writer Fuad al-Takarli, is clearly influenced by William Faulkner.

From The Daily Beast

But contra William Faulkner, there are signs that the past is finally becoming past.

From The Daily Beast

Whatever else they were, García Márquez and Faulkner were both great storytellers.

From The Daily Beast

Like his idol William Faulkner, García Márquez gets a lot of credit for literary experiments and narrative breakthroughs.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Faulkner withdrew from the case and Mr. Lawson Botts took his place.

From Project Gutenberg

Captain Faulkner on this, suspecting them to be enemies, immediately made sail in chase, and kept them in sight all night.

From Project Gutenberg

The tears stood in Mrs. Appleby's kind eyes, and even Mrs. Faulkner's severity was perceptibly abated.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Faulkner bent severe brows on him, and Pippin reflected what a blessing it was Mrs. Baxter didn't ever look like that.

From Project Gutenberg

Sergeant Faulkner, who had just come back, after recovering from his second wound, for his final one that morning.

From Project Gutenberg