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Also known as William Clark Styron, Jr.

scrittore, drammaturgo e critico letterario statunitense

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William Styron was an American writer, novelist, journalist, and military personnel. Born in Newport News, Virginia, in 1925, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. His literary career began in 1951 and continued until 2006. He was educated at Duke University and Davidson College. Styron’s works spanned drama fiction, autobiography, literary criticism, and script genres.

He received the National Medal of Arts, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His writing was influenced by Albert Camus, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, and James Joyce. Styron died of pneumonia in Martha's Vineyard in 2006.

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Born
1925
Died
2006
Works
127

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Newport News, Virginia, USA

William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work. Styron was best known for his novels, including: Lie Down in Darkness (1951), his acclaimed first work, published when he was 26; The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), narrated by Nat Turner, the leader of an 1831 Virginia slave revolt; Sophie's Choice…

Known for

  • Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property — Self2003
  • Mark Twain — Self (uncredited)2002
  • Mark Twain — self2002
  • Dead Blue: Surviving Depression — Self1998
  • Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski1995
  • The Painted Boy — Self/Writer1995
  • Naked in New York — Self1993
  • James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket — Self1989
  • Apostrophes — Self1975

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Born
William Clark Styron Jr. , June 11, 1925 ( 1925-06-11 ) , Newport News, Virginia , U.S.
Died
November 1, 2006 (2006-11-01) (aged 81), Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts , U.S.
Occupation
Novelist, essayist
Education
Davidson College , Duke University ( BA )
Period
1951–2006
Notable works
Lie Down in Darkness , The Confessions of Nat Turner , Sophie's Choice , Darkness Visible
Spouse
Rose Burgunder ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 ) ​
Children
4, including Alexandra and Susanna

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Newport News
Place of death
Martha's Vineyard
Occupation
novelist
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
Darkness Visible
Genre
essay
Military rank
lieutenant
Image
William Styron, author, cropped (2).jpg
Residence
Virginia
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date of birth
1925-06-11
date of death
2006-11-01
Commons category
William Styron
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
pneumonia
name in native language
William Styron
start of work period
1951-00-00
end of work period
2006-00-00
archives at
Duke University
writing language
English language
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Article · Italiano

William Clark Styron (Newport News, 11 giugno 1925 – Martha's Vineyard, 1º novembre 2006) è stato uno scrittore, drammaturgo e critico letterario statunitense, autore di romanzi e novelle di successo, tra cui il celebre La scelta di Sophie (Sophie's Choice, 1979), sul tema dell'Olocausto, trasposto nel 1982 nell'omonimo film interpretato da Meryl Streep e Kevin Kline. Tra gli altri suoi più conosciuti, e discussi, romanzi figurano Lie Down in Darkness (Un letto di tenebre, nella versione in lingua italiana), scritto all'età di ventisei anni e pubblicato nel 1951, e The Confessions of Nat Turner, del 1967, Premio Pulitzer per la narrativa, ricostruzione romanzata della vicenda umana di Nat Turner, capo della rivolta degli schiavi avvenuta nel 1831 in Virginia. Un letto di tenebre, in particolare, sembra ricalcare da vicino il vissuto personale dello scrittore: la narrazione è infatti ambientata nel suo paese natale, la Virginia, e - come egli stesso raccontò poi - altro non era che quel che vide attorno a sé nella prima parte della propria vita. Esso racconta di una giovane che giunge al suicidio dopo essere stata sopraffatta dal male di vivere dovuto alla forte pressione derivante dalla vita in una famiglia della classe media americana. Pari a quella in cui Styron crebbe: dopo aver avuto un'infanzia felice, rimase orfano a 13 anni, sviluppando un patologico senso di colpa che, oltreché un tormento esistenziale, fu il "cartiglio" di tutta la sua opera. Portandolo a descrivere il trauma, rivissuto, della cacciata dal Paradiso Terrestre.

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