William Styron
American novelist and essayist (1925-2006) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 81
William Clark Styron Jr. was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for The Confessions of Nat Turner.
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2006Died1 November 20061995Common Wealth Award of Distinguished ServiceAward1990Lucien Barrière Literary AwardAward1985Prix mondial Cino Del DucaAward1982St. Louis Literary AwardAward1980National Book AwardAward1970William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAward1968Pulitzer Prize for FictionAward1925Born11 June 1925
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Lived 1925 to 2006 · aged 81
