While his work was published regularly starting in the mid 1920s, Faulkner was relatively unknown before receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature. Since then, he has often been cited as one of the most important writers in the history of American literature.''New York Times'', October 12, 2006:
by Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the U.S. : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press, c1985