Another Famous Writer from Oxford

Hello Everyone.  I'd like to tell you about another famous writer from Oxford...actually, the MOST famous person from Oxford.  His name is William Faulkner, and he lived here in Oxford until the 60s.  He was actually born in New Albany, MS (about 25 miles from here), but his family moved here when he was 4, and Oxford is the town he called home.  This picture on the left is a photo of his house here in Oxford.  It is called Rowan Oak.  It is now a museum.  Many people like to visit Rowan Oak to see where William Faulkner lived and worked (you can even see where he wrote the notes for his last novel on the walls of his office).  People also like to visit Rowan Oak on a nice day to just sit somewhere in the garden and read.  

He is considered one of the most important writers of 

American Literature, especially because he portrayed life as it really was at his time.  His works are considered fiction, but he usually wrote about the people of a small community called Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County, which is really just a fictitious name for Oxford and Lafayette County.  He won the Nobel Prize for Literature and many of his books have been turned into movies.  In fact, some of his movies premiered at the Lyric Theatre in Oxford, a place you may be familiar with.  

Other popular "Faulkner" locations in Oxford are his statue in front of City Hall and his grave in the St. Peter Cemetary.