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Posted on 11 June 2010 by Sanga

William Clark Styron, Jr.

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American novelist who won major literary awards for his work, his fictitious memoirs of Nat Turner became a runaway critical and financial success amidst heated controversy. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1968.

For much of his career, Styron was best known for his novels, which included:

Lie Down in Darkness (1951),

The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967)

Sophie’s Choice (1979)

Another Country (1962)


Allan Gurganus

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American novelist and short story writer, his work is often influenced by and set in his native North Carolina. His writing has been compared to the work of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty.

Some of his works are:

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1984)

White People (1990)

The Practical Heart (1993

Plays Well With Others (1997)


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