William Faulkner Biography Video Notes
1. William Faulkner was born in ________________, Mississippi. His family originally
settled in ________________, Mississippi. His family invested in the ______________
business.
2. The Old Colonel owned and operated a ______________. J.W.T. Faulkner fathered
____________, who fathered William. JWT moved the family to ______________, MS.
3. Murry married and moved to New Albany. He was _________________ for his
grandfather’s _________________ company.
4. Murry married ____________. She was a painter. Murry sold the railroad and
moved to Oxford to the __________________.
5. Murry became an alcoholic. He died in __________. Billy’s (William”s) only male
role model was ____________.
6. _________________ was a very interesting source for Bill (William).
7. ____________________ raised Faulkner. William began reading a lot and became
friends with ______________________. Then ____________________ came into his
life. Instead of marrying Billy, she married another man.
8. He began drinking after Estelle left him. He tried to join the ___________ in
Canada. The war ended before he got the chance to _____________.
9. He enrolled in classes at ___________________ but didn’t attend regularly.
10. He took a job as a ______________________. His __________________ lost him
the job.
11. In ___________________, Louisiana, he met Sherwood Anderson.
12. The _____________________ was his first book of poetry.
13. _______________________ was his first novel.
14. He visited ________________ but didn’t meet other writers who were there at the
time. However, he did read their work.
15. __________________ helped Bill get his first novel published. Later, he rejected
both Anderson and Stone.
16. After Estelle’s marriage fell apart, she and William got married, She had become an
alcoholic and even attempted _______________ on their honeymoon. She had two
children from her previous marriage.
17. Faulkner was an outsider in __________________. He was under extreme pressure
with work and family.
18. He bought ____________________ and restored it himself. He and Estelle had one
baby die shortly after its birth. Later they had a daughter, ________________.
19. The people of ________________ felt like he was judging then by writing about
them in his novels. He went to ____________________ to earn more money.
20. Faulkner won the ____________________________ in 1949. He accepted the
award in a borrowed suit in ______________________, Sweden.
21. ___________ and _______________filled the last years of his life.