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威廉‧福克納相信描述人們的熱情與執著是作家的責任 (攝於1954年)
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小說家威廉‧福克納 (William
Faulkner) 出生
1897年9月25日
小說家威廉‧福克納對南方相當熟悉。他的一生中有大多數時候都是住在南方，並且為文描述他所認識的家庭，社區，以及朋友的熱情。福克納於1897年9月25日在密西西比州的新阿爾巴尼 (New
Albany) 出生，他創造了傳奇的約克納帕塔瓦郡 (Yoknapatawpha
County) 。這個都市裡虛構的人物包括有南方白種貴族、商人、農夫、窮苦的白人，以及受到壓迫的黑人等等。福克納指出南方的過去如何影響南方現在的情形：「過去永遠不死，甚至從未結束。」
Novelist William Faulkner knew the South well. He spent most of his life there, and wrote with compassion about family, community, and the people he knew. Born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897, Faulkner created the legendary Yoknapatawpha County. Its fictitious population includes Southern white aristocrats, merchants, farmers, poor whites, and persecuted blacks. Faulkner told how the South is still affected by its past. "The past is never dead," he wrote. "It's not even past."
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