William Faulkner is known as one of the most important writers in American literature and Southern literature in particular. According to Wikipedia, Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, in Oxford, Mississippi. He was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and highly acclaimed for his many novels and short stories. He also wrote a play, film scripts and essays. Faulkner used his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi, as a model for the fictional town of Jefferson. Faulkner was greatly influenced by the region and environment in which he lived. In turn, through his fame, he influenced that area of ​​the state from which he was a native and later the University of Mississippi which he attended. Although there are many famous writers from Oxford, Mississippi, literature lovers will list William Faulkner first among them. He was influenced by old stories and rumors from the area and by the stories of his family and his African-American caretaker ("William Faulkner"). These stories and influences come through in his writing when examining the relationships between characters and the relationships between generations. Faulkner's famous short story, A Rose for Emily, is one of many stories set in the fictional history of Jefferson, Mississippi, and shows the conflict between the old and the new in the small-town South that he knew well. The plot is about an old Southern maid from an old but crumbling aristocratic Southern family. As it ages, the city of Jefferson treats it as a municipal institution that must be maintained and whose whims must be tolerated. She is not required to pay taxes, and when a horrible smell begins to emanate from the house, the town secretly spreads lime around the property. Only when...... middle of paper...... the world. Through his work, he brilliantly showed the complex relationships between families and the conflicts that can arise within communities as well as the complexity of race relations. He will always be associated with Southern literature. Works Cited Faulkner, William. “A rose for Emily.” The Norton Anthology of American Literature, ed. Nina Baym et al. 8th ed. shorter. Flight. 1. New York: Norton, 2013. 151-55. Print. 2 flights. William Faulkner. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, October 9, 2013. Web. November 2, 2013. .Rowan Oak: Home of William Faulkner-Oxford, MS. Community of Oxford, Mississippi. Internet. November 2, 2013< http://www.rowanoak.com/>University of Mississippi: Division of Outreach and Continuing Education. Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 2014.UM, 2013. Web. November 2, 2013< http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/events/faulkner/>