Editing William Styron (section)

==''Sophie's Choice''==
Styron's next novel, ''[[Sophie's Choice (novel)|Sophie's Choice]]'' (1979),
also generated significant controversy, in part due to Styron's decision to portray a non-[[Jew]]ish victim of [[Nazism]] and in part due to its explicit sexuality and profanity. It was banned in South Africa, censored in the Soviet Union, and banned in [[Polish People's Republic|Communist Poland]] for "its unflinching portrait of Polish anti-Semitism."<ref>Sirlin, Rhoda and West III, James L. W.  ''Sophie's Choice: A Contemporary Casebook''. Newcastle UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. p. ix. http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/60485 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728042812/http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/60485 |date=July 28, 2017 }}. Accessed January 5, 2013.</ref> It has also been banned in some high schools in the United States.<ref>Helfand, Duke. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-22-me-17211-story.html "Students Fight for 'Sophie's Choice"] ''Los Angeles Times''. December 22, 2001. Accessed January 5, 2013.</ref>

The novel tells the story of Sophie (a Polish [[Roman Catholic]] who survives [[Auschwitz]]), Nathan (her brilliant Jewish lover who has   paranoid schizophrenia), and Stingo (a Southern transplant in post-World War&nbsp;II-[[Brooklyn]] who falls in love with Sophie). It won the 1980 [[National Book Award]]<ref name=nba1980>[https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1980 "National Book Awards – 1980"]. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-15. <br/>With essay by Robert Weil from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.</ref><ref group="n"> This was the 1980 [[National Book Award for Fiction#1980 to 1989|award for hardcover general Fiction]]. <br/>From 1980 to 1983 in [[National Book Awards#History|National Book Awards history]] there were dual hardcover and paperback awards in most categories, and [[List of winners of the National Book Award#Miscellaneous 1980 to 1985|multiple fiction categories, especially in 1980]]. Most of the paperback award-winners were reprints, including the 1980 general Fiction.</ref> and was a nationwide bestseller.  A 1982 [[Sophie's Choice (film)|film version]] was nominated for five [[Academy Awards]], with [[Meryl Streep]] winning the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her portrayal of Sophie. [[Kevin Kline]] and [[Peter MacNicol]] played Nathan and Stingo, respectively.