Call Number:

C0211

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 3 boxes
• 1.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Faulkner Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1932-1961 (inclusive)

Creator:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections and Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.

Form:

Fiction., Photoprints., and Television plays -- United States.

Abstract:

Consists of manuscripts and letters of American novelist and Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner and related materials, including manuscripts of Maurice Coindreau's translation into French of four Faulkner novels.

American novelist William Faulkner is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century and one of the most important "Southern writers." Known for his experimental styles, he made frequent use of "stream of consciousness" in his writing. Most of his stories are set in his native Mississippi in a fictional county he called Yoknapatawpha. Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949.

The collection consists of manuscripts and letters of Faulkner and related materials, including manuscripts of Maurice Coindreau's translation into French of four Faulkner novels: As I Lay Dying, Requiem for a Nun, The Sound and the Fury, The Wild Palms. Among the eight letters included in the collection two are addressed to Coindreau, dated 1932 and 1937, in which Faulkner offers his assistance and gratitude to the translator. There is a small, pencil-drawn map in the hand of the author of the mythical town of Jefferson, along with eleven typed manuscripts of essays, speeches, and short stories, many of which have holograph corrections.

Among the manuscripts included in the collection are "Afternoon of a Cow," "Freedom American Style," "By the People," "Mississippi," "On Privacy," and "An Innocent at Rinkside." Miscellaneous materials include photographs of the author, copies of television plays of Faulkner's works, copies of essays and articles about Faulkner, and a large assortment of newspaper clippings pertaining to his literary career.

Arranged by box as follows: 1. Maurice Coindreau's French translations; 2. Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs; 3. Essays, clippings, miscellany about Faulkner.