Editing William Faulkner (section)

===Nobel Prize and later years===
[[File:William Faulkner 1954 (2) (photo by Carl van Vechten).jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Faulkner is pictured in a chair before a brick well. He looks to the left.|Faulkner in 1954]]
Faulkner was awarded the [[1949 Nobel Prize in Literature]] for "his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel".<!-- Nobel Prize was for 1949, but not actually awarded until 1950, due to discussions in the Swedish Academy carried over to 1950 --><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/summary/|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949|work=Nobelprize.org|access-date=July 25, 2009|archive-date=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602015135/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/summary/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was awarded at the following year's banquet along with the 1950 Prize to [[Bertrand Russell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/award-docu.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949: Documentary|work=Nobelprize.org|access-date=July 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831134036/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1949/award-docu.html|archive-date=August 31, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

When Faulkner visited [[Stockholm]] in December 1950 to receive the Nobel Prize, he met Else Jonsson (1912–1996), who was the widow of journalist [[Thorsten Jonsson]] (1910–1950). Jonsson, a reporter for ''[[Dagens Nyheter]]'' from 1943 to 1946, had interviewed Faulkner in 1946 and introduced his works to Swedish readers. Faulkner and Else had an affair that lasted until the end of 1953. At the banquet where they met in 1950, publisher Tor Bonnier introduced Else as the widow of the man responsible for Faulkner winning the Nobel Prize.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bocker/en-karlekshistoria-i-nobelprisklass/|language=sv|place=Sweden|title=En kärlekshistoria i Nobelprisklass|newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|date=January 9, 2010|access-date=April 22, 2010|archive-date=April 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410031413/http://www.dn.se/dnbok/en-karlekshistoria-i-nobelprisklass-1.1023972|url-status=live}}</ref>

Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech on the immortality of the artists, although brief, contained a number of allusions and references to other literary works.<ref>[[#Rife|Rife (1983)]], pp. 151–152.</ref> However, Faulkner detested the fame and glory that resulted from his recognition. His aversion was so great that his 17-year-old daughter learned of the Nobel Prize only when she was called to the principal's office during the school day.<ref>Gordon, Debra. "Faulkner, William". In Bloom, Harold (ed.) ''William Faulkner, Bloom's BioCritiques''. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishing, 2002 {{ISBN|0-7910-6378-X}}</ref> He began by saying: "I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work – a life's work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of all for profit, but to create out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before. So this award is only mine in trust. It will not be difficult to find a dedication for the money part of it commensurate with the purpose and significance of its origin."<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1949/faulkner/speech/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> He donated part of his Nobel money "to establish a fund to support and encourage new fiction writers", eventually resulting in the [[William Faulkner Foundation]] (1960–1970).

Controversially, he is noted to have once stated: “Television is for [[Nigger|niggers]]”. On the subject, it was noted that "for many white southerners nothing changed with the end of slavery except slavery."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Powers |first=Thomas |date=2017-04-20 |title=The Big Thing on His Mind |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/04/20/william-faulkner-big-thing-on-his-mind/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=The New York Review of Books |language=en |volume=64 |issue=7 |issn=0028-7504}}</ref>

In 1951, Faulkner received the [[Legion of Honour|Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur]] medal from the government of [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/william-faulkner-archival-material-be-sold-auction-wbna51366358|title=William Faulkner archival material to be sold at auction|website=Today.com|date=March 28, 2013 }}</ref>

Faulkner served as the first Writer-in-Residence at the [[University of Virginia]] at [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]] from February to June 1957 and again in 1958.<ref name="wapo">{{cite news|last=Ringle|first=Ken|date=September 25, 1997|title=Faulkner, Between the Lines|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/09/25/faulkner-between-the-lines/45fd0eeb-da79-422d-a976-997437f995e0/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608162047/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/09/25/faulkner-between-the-lines/45fd0eeb-da79-422d-a976-997437f995e0/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Blotner, J. and Frederick L. Gwynn, (eds.) (1959) ''Faulkner in the University: Conferences at the University of Virginia, 1957–1958'' {{OCLC|557743504}}</ref>

In 1961, Faulkner began writing his nineteenth and final novel, ''[[The Reivers]]''. The novel is a nostalgic reminiscence, in which an elderly grandfather relates a humorous episode in which he and two boys stole a car to drive to a [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] bordello. In summer 1961, he finished the first draft.<ref>[[#Minter|Minter (1980)]], pp. 246−247.</ref> During this time, he injured himself in a series of falls.<ref>[[#Minter|Minter (1980)]], pp. 247−248.</ref>

On June 17, 1962, Faulkner suffered a serious injury in a fall from his horse, which led to [[thrombosis]]. He suffered a fatal heart attack on July 6, 1962, at the age of 64, at Wright's Sanatorium in [[Byhalia, Mississippi]].<ref name="Ole Miss"/><ref name="Nobel Prize"/> Faulkner is buried with his family in St. Peter's Cemetery in Oxford.<ref name="Grave Site">{{cite web|author=Jennifer Ciotta|url=http://www.literarytraveler.com/travel/travel_tour_profiles/tour_oxford_mississippi.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721091708/http://www.literarytraveler.com/travel/travel_tour_profiles/tour_oxford_mississippi.aspx|archive-date=July 21, 2011|title=Touring William Faulkner's Oxford, Mississippi|publisher=Literarytraveler.com|access-date=September 27, 2010}}</ref>