As I Lay Dying: Shmoop Learning Guide

by William Faulkner

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940000700785
Publisher:	Shmoop University, Inc.
Publication date:	09/15/2009
Series:	Shmoop Literature Learning Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	397 KB

About the Author

Born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life, William Faulkner was one of the towering figures of American literature. He is the author of the novels The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!, and As I Lay Dying, among many other remarkable books. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 and France’s Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.

Date of Birth:

September 25, 1897

Date of Death:

July 6, 1962

Place of Birth:

New Albany, Mississippi

Place of Death:

Byhalia, Mississippi