William Styron
| William Styron Engelsk litteratur Postmodernismen | |
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| Personlig information | |
| Født | 11. juni 1925  Newport News |
| Død | 1. november 2006 (81 år) Martha's Vineyard |
| Dødsårsag | Lungebetændelse |
| Nationalitet |  Amerikansk |
| Bopæl | Virginia, Newport News |
| Børn | Alexandra Styron, Susanna Styron |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Uddannelsessted | Duke University (1943-1947), Davidson College, Warwick High School |
| Medlem af | American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Beskæftigelse | Skribent, militærperson |
| Kendte værker | Sophies valg, Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness |
| Genre | Drama, essay, Scenario, selvbiografi, litteraturkritik med flere |
| Påvirket af | Romain Gary, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Dos Passos, Thomas Wolfe, Albert Camus med flere |
| Nomineringer og priser | |
| Udmærkelser | Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (1985), National Medal of Arts, Rome Prize, National Book Award for Fiction (1980), Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (1995) med flere |
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William Clark Styron, Jr. (født 11. juni 1925 i Newport News, Virginia, død 1. november 2006 på Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts) var en amerikansk forfatter.
Styron er mest kendt for at have skrevet to kontroversielle romaner: The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), som handler om en leder af slaveoprøret i Virginia i 1831 (Pulitzerprisen) og Sophie's Choice (1979), som handler om holocaust under anden verdenskrig og de personlige bebrejdelser ved bearbejdningen af disse traumatisk minder. Bogen blev filmatiseret i 1982.
Bibliografi
- Lie Down in Darkness, 1951
- The Long March, 1952
- Set This House on Fire, 1960
- The Confessions of Nat Turner, 1967
- Sophie's Choice, 1979
- This Quiet Dust, and Other Writings, 1982
- Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness, 1990
- A Tidewater Morning: Three Tales from Youth, 1993
- Havanas in Camelot, 2008
Priser og udmærkelser
- Pulitzerpriset for skønlitteratur 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner
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Forfatter/Opretter: Williamwaterway, Licens: CC BY-SA 3.0
William Styron taking a break from writing to be photographed by William Waterway Marks, publisher/editor of "Martha's Vineyard Magazine."
Styron rarely allowed people in his private writing room. And, before this photo, it is believed that Styron never allowed anyone to photograph him at his writing desk. This room was located on the ground floor of his West Chop home on the island of Matha's Vineyard. Styron's writing room was in an inconspicuous location between the kitchen and garage. This room had only one mullioned window at eye level above his writing desk. Styron's writing desk was purchased at a yard sale on Martha's Vineyard. See more about this photo in "Sitting Pretty Magazine"
Styron always wrote long hand. He liked the tactile feel of pencil in hand which he felt helped him to connect his thoughts to paper. Syron had a manual pencil sharpener which he used to sharpen about fifteen pencils. Before he began to write, he sharpened a bunch of pencils, which allowed him to write without interruption. If you look closely at the lower right of this photograph - you will see a portion of a row of sharpened pencils that Styron used as his writing tools. Note how the pencils are slanted at a certain angle.