William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1949. Alfred Nobel stated in 1895 that the Nobel Prize shall be given
to
the person
who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal
direction.
Therefore,
Faulkner was awarded his Nobel Prize based upon the following, as denoted by the Nobel
Prize committee:
his powerful and artistically unique contribution
to the modern American
novel.
Faulkner refused the
award based upon him as a man and dedicated the award to his work alone. Faulkner stated
that he refused to accept the award based upon the fact that man was not meant to endure
only, man was to prevail.
Faulkner believed it was a
writer's duty to write about the things he was honored for: compassion, sacrifice, and
endurance.
This all being said, Faulkner did not receive
the Nobel Prize for one singular text. Instead, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his
complete works which served to support the honor as a whole.
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