Nobel laureate
William Faulkner — Nobel Prize in Literature 1949
“for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”
Prize motivation
“for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”
The Swedish Academy awarded William Faulkner the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.
Other laureates of the 1940s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).