New Albany, Mississippi
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New Albany is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Mississippi, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,626. It is notable as the birthplace of Nobel
New Albany, Mississippi
William Faulkner
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette County where he spe
New Albany, Mississippi
…United States. According to the 2020 United States census, the population was 7,626. It is notable as the birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner and as the northern gateway to the Tanglefoot Trail. New Albany was founded in 1840 at the site of a grist mill and sawmill on the Tallahatchie River…
Faulkner in 1954
Faulkner was influenced by stories of William Clark Falkner, his paternal great-grandfather and namesake.
Faulkner as a cadet in the Canadian RAF, 1918
During part of his time in New Orleans, Faulkner lived in a house in the French Quarter (pictured center yellow).