William Styron

William Clark Styron, Jr. (June 11, 1925 – november 1, 2006) was an American writer.



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[hide] *1 Biography  ==Biography[ Edit] == Styron was born in Newport News in the State of Virginia, where his father worked as an engineer in a shipyard. After the death of his mother in 1939 became the recalcitrant Styron sent to a preparatory school for boys. After high school, he served as First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the Second World War. Although willing to fight-Styron convinced his superiors to ignore his cataract -Japan capitulated before his ship left the port of San Francisco .
 * 2 Bibliography
 * 2.1 Novels
 * 2.2 short stories
 * 2.3 Autobiographical publications
 * 3 external links

In 1947 completed Styron a BA in English language and literature at Duke University, and he became an editor at the publishing house McGraw-Hill in New York. However, his new job made him unhappy and soon forced Styron a layoff. In 1950, Styron as a reservist called up for the Korean war, but this time he was not willing to take part and he managed to evade military service by getting to now rely on his limited sight.

Styron made his debut in 1951 with the critically acclaimed novel Lie Down in Darkness, about a dysfunctional family in the American South. The book won several awards, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Two years later, in 1953, married Rose Burgunder Styron poet, with whom he had three daughters and a son.

His final breakthrough came in 1967 with The Confessions of Nat Turner, on the slave rebellion of 1831. The book received a Pulitzer Prize in 1968 in the category fiction, although a dozen African American writers criticized the novel for a clichéd image of the slave in their eyes.

In 1976 he published the novel Sophie's Choice for which he received the National Book Award . In 1999, this last mentioned included in the list of the 100 best English-language books of the 20th century drawn up by the American Publisher Modern Library. [1]

Styron died in Martha's Vineyard to pneumonia on november 1, 2006. ==Bibliography[ Edit] == ===Novels<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Short Stories<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Autobiographical publications<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Lie Down in Darkness, 1951
 * Set This House on Fire, 1960
 * The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1967
 * Sophie's choice, 1976
 * The Long March, 1963
 * Darkness Visible, 1990
 * A Tidewater Morning, 1993