![]() Henry award, 1939, 1949 Nobel prize for literature, 1950 American Academy Howells medal, 1950 National Book award, 1951, 1955 Pulitzer prize, 1955, 1963 American Academy of Arts and Letters gold medal, 1962. Writer-in-residence, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1957 and part of each year, 1958-62. Screenwriter, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932-33, 20th Century-Fox, 1935-37 screenwriter, Warner Brothers, 1942-45. Traveled in Europe, 1925-26 returned to Oxford, 1927. Lived in New Orleans and contributed to New Orleans Times-Picayune, 1925. Career: Bookkeeper in bank, 1916-18 worked in Doubleday Bookshop, New York, 1921 postmaster, University of Mississippi Post Office, 1921-24. Family: Married Estelle Oldham Franklin in 1929 two daughters. Military Service: Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1918. Education: Local schools in Oxford University of Mississippi, Oxford, 1919-20. ![]() Born: William Cuthbert Falkner in New Albany, Mississippi, 25 September 1897 moved with his family to Oxford, Mississippi, 1902. ![]()
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