Faulkner

Odiorne: portrait of the writer William Faulkner.

William Faulkner, age 33, modeling the open-collar look in this publicity shot for his novel “Sanctuary.” Photo by J. R. Cofield of Oxford, Mississippi. © The Cofield Collection. The Cofields were family friends, and photographed Faulkner over the years from 1930 to 1962. * “Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing.” —“Light in August” (1932) * “William…

Tales of Faulkner in Hollywood: “‘Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.’ The quotation from Dante is what Faulkner considered a fitting road sign for drivers to see as they crossed the border into California.”

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This image comes from the historical archives of LIFE Magazine.

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A 1931 Talk of the Town story about the Southern novelist, his near-death experience in the Canadian Air Force, and the writing life in his home town of Oxford, Mississippi.