Description:
William Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote for the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his novels and short stories to support his growing number of dependants. The author of such acclaimed novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and "Absalom, Absalom!", Faulkner received official screen credits for just six theatrical releases, five of which were with director Howard Hawks. Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1949 and he received two Pulitzer Prizes, for "A Fable" in '1955 and "The Reivers", which was published shortly before he died in 1962.
Birthday
September 25, 1897
Born In
New Albany, Mississippi, USA
Height
166 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Estelle Oldham June 20, 1929 - July 6, 1962 (his death)
Trivia
Director Howard Hawks related once how he took Faulkner and Clark Gable along with him on a hunting trip. Hawks was friends with both, but neither Faulkner nor Gable knew each other and Hawks didn't tell either one who the other was. During the trip the conversation turned to writers, and Gable asked Faulkner who he thought are the best writers. Faulkner replied, Willa Cather, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, Thomas Mann and myself." Gable said, "Oh, do you write, Mr. Faulkner?" Faulkner replied, "Yes. And what do you do, Mr. Gable?".
Quotes
Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and
discharged and used up in order to exist at all . . . Always dream and
shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better
than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than
yourself.
Nickname
Bill
Salaries
$50 .000 (film rights)
