William faulkner biography video notes program

William Faulkner continues to engage and provoke readers and writers across the international landscape. In 2025 The Center for Fiction, in partnership with the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, will offer programming around Faulkner and his work that will allow readers a lens into his work, his influence and the man.

Who was William Faulkner and why are we still so influenced by his work today? To answer the former, scholars Carl Rollyson (The Life of William Faulkner) and Robert Hamblin (Myself & the World: A Biography of William Faulkner) will come together to discuss Faulkner’s life, influences, and work.

From his early years as a child in post-Civil War America to his time as a Hollywood screenwriter and, finally, as one of the most lasting and influential voices of the American South, Faulkner’s life is as compelling as the stories it helped shape.

Robert Hamblin, a native of Mississippi, is Emeri