1. William Faulkner never graduated from high school or college, yet won the Nobel Prize For Literature, two Pulitzer prizes, and the Nation Book Award, twice.
2.Faulkner tried to join the U.S. Army but was denied because he was too short, he later joined the British Royal Air Force but never saw action in World war I.
3. His work has widely been appreciated for its experimental manner, contemporary themes and the use of stream of consciousness technique.
4. Surprisingly, Faulkner wasn't very well known until after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1949 even though some of his most famous works were produced around the 1930's.
5. He supported himself by working as a postmaster for the University of Mississippi, but was fired for reading on the job.
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