William Faulkner (1897-1962)

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth.”

William Cuthbert Faulkner (1897–1962) was an American writer who wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays. He is one of the most celebrated writers in American literature, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 and winning two Pulitzer Prizes for his fictional works.