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William Faulkner
ORFORDA22
1987
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Chis Calle
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WILLIAM FAULKNER
First Day of Issue: August 3, 1987
First Issue Location: Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner created an original and distinctively
“Southern" vocabulary in his work. His highly personal
writing style evolved from his youth and upbringing.
Born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897, he began his
career as a novelist in 1926 with the publication of
Soldier's Pay. A prolific writer, his publication of
Sanctuary in 1931 finally brought Faulkner critical
acclaim and financial success. And, after World War II,
his works were receiving international recognition as
well. The groundswell of praise for Faulkner's work
culminated in a 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature. In his
acceptance speech, he defined his role as a novelist:
“... the writer's duty is to help man endure by lifting
his heart ... by reminding him of the courage and
honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and
sacrifice which have been the glory of his past." Perhaps
most illustrative of his visionary style and his theme of
Southern decadence and racial inequality is his master-
work, The Sound and the Fury, published in 1929.
No. 87-75
©1987 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Chris Calle.
