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American writer (1925–2006)
William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including
William_Styron
1979 novel by William Styron
Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron, the author's last novel. It concerns the relationships among three people sharing a
Sophie's_Choice_(novel)
American poet and human rights activist
Rose Burgunder Styron (born April 4, 1928) is an American poet, journalist, and human rights activist. She is a founding member of Amnesty International
Rose_Styron
American filmmaker
fictional feature film debut Shadrach. Her father is American writer William Styron. She grew up in Martha's Vineyard and Roxbury, Connecticut. When she
Susanna_Styron
American author and professor
Claire Alexandra Styron, known as Alexandra Styron, is an American author and professor. Styron is the youngest child of author William Styron and poet and
Alexandra_Styron
1998 American film
is a 1998 American film directed by Susanna Styron, based on a short story by her father William Styron, about a former slave's struggle to be buried
Shadrach_(film)
Book by William Styron
American writer William Styron about his descent into depression and the triumph of recovery. It is among the last books published by Styron and is among
Darkness_Visible_(memoir)
American slave rebellion leader (1800–1831)
Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), a novel by William Styron, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968. Styron's work was controversial, with some criticizing
Nat_Turner
American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)
his life. In the late 1970s, he joined other celebrities (including William Styron and Mike Nichols) who were brought together by the journalist Joan Barthel
Arthur_Miller
1982 drama film by Alan J. Pakula
psychological drama film directed and written by Alan J. Pakula, adapted from William Styron's 1979 novel. The film stars Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowska
Sophie's_Choice_(film)
Third wife of Woody Allen (born 1970)
Previn and Summer "Daisy" Song Previn. Farrow asked her friends Rose and William Styron to request that U.S. Representative Michael J. Harrington sponsor a
Soon-Yi_Previn
American literary prize
Gordimer, authors Ray Bradbury, Wallace Stegner, Peter Matthiessen, and William Styron. gorilla to challenge humanity’s self-centred view of nature, emerged
Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award
Turner_Tomorrow_Fellowship_Award
1831 slave rebellion in Virginia, US
lusting for a White woman. In response to Styron's novel, ten writers published a collection of essays, William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner: Ten Black
Nat_Turner's_Rebellion
Account of an alleged love affair of Errol Flynn
supplemental materials, in 2018 by Spurl Editions. The book was reviewed by William Styron, a reprint of which appears in This Quiet Dust, and Other Writings.
The_Big_Love
Ken Follett The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum Sophie's Choice by William Styron Overload by Arthur Hailey Memories of Another Day by Harold Robbins
Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1970s
Publishers_Weekly_list_of_bestselling_novels_in_the_United_States_in_the_1970s
novelists Françoise Sagan, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Georges Simenon, and William Styron (the last non-professional film personality to serve as jury president)
List of Cannes Film Festival jury presidents
List_of_Cannes_Film_Festival_jury_presidents
Chain of US cafeteria restaurants
Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, Woody Allen, Andy Warhol, William Styron, and Herbert Huncke.[citation needed] Samuel Longley Bickford (1885–1959)
Bickford's_(restaurant)
American award for distinguished novels
Singer as a majority opinion while The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron, presented as a minority opinion by one jury member, was selected as
Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction
Topics referred to by the same term
Alexandra Styron, American author and professor Don Styron (born 1940), American athlete William Styron (1925–2006), American writer Susanna Styron (born
Styron
New York–based English-language literary magazine
independence from the U.S. publishing establishment. An editorial statement by William Styron in the inaugural Spring 1953 issue described the magazine's intended
The_Paris_Review
1998 list of best English-language novels
Gregorian, Edmund Morris, John Richardson, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., William Styron and Gore Vidal. All but Gregorian were published by Random House or
Modern Library's 100 Best Novels
Modern_Library's_100_Best_Novels
1951 novel by William Styron
Lie Down in Darkness is the first novel by American novelist William Styron, published in 1951. Written when he was 26 years old, the novel received a
Lie_Down_in_Darkness_(novel)
Canadian filmmaker (born 1943)
and nasty—the ones your mother didn't want you to have." He has cited William S. Burroughs and Vladimir Nabokov as influences. Early films that later
David_Cronenberg
American film director, writer and producer (1928–1998)
Choice, starring Meryl Streep. His screenplay, based on the novel by William Styron, was nominated for an Academy Award. Later commercial successes included
Alan_J._Pakula
1993 film by Daniel Algrant
Kathleen Turner, and featuring multiple celebrity cameos, including William Styron listing all of his authored, penned and film work, Whoopi Goldberg as
Naked_in_New_York
2002 opera by Nicholas Maw
composer based on the novel of the same name by the American novelist William Styron. It was premiered on 7 December 2002 at the Royal Opera House, London
Sophie's_Choice_(opera)
film personality to be president of the jury is the American writer William Styron in 1983. Marcel Achard - 1955, 1958, 1959, 1966 Pedro Almodóvar - 1992
List of Cannes Film Festival juries (Feature films)
List_of_Cannes_Film_Festival_juries_(Feature_films)
French filmmaker (born 1959)
(1979) Kirk Douglas (1980) Jacques Deray (1981) Giorgio Strehler (1982) William Styron (1983) Dirk Bogarde (1984) Miloš Forman (1985) Sydney Pollack (1986)
Luc_Besson
American entertainer (1903–2003)
commemorative plaque in his memory. He was the fifth of seven sons of William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and Welsh mother
Bob_Hope
American writer (1926–1992)
needed] In 1962, he wrote the screenplay for a film adaptation of William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness, which had not yet been produced as of 2022. He
Richard_Yates_(novelist)
American writer (1922–2007)
perform a deflating operation." No one came in for more deflation than William Styron, whose work Aldridge regarded as derivative and cliché-ridden. Aldridge's
John_W._Aldridge
American actor and director (1936–2025)
Redford Sr. (1914–1991), an accountant. He had a paternal half-brother, William. Redford was of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. His patrilineal
Robert_Redford
American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)
"The Spite Store". In 2021, Penn portrayed Jack Holden, an actor based on William Holden, in the Paul Thomas Anderson directed coming of age comedy-drama
Sean_Penn
Canceled theme park
Fields, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Shelby Foote, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., William Styron, Tom Wicker, Richard Moe and Roger Wilkins. McPherson warned that sprawl
Disney's_America
1952 novella by William Styron
The Long March is a novella by William Styron, first published serially in 1952 in Discovery. and by Random House as a Modern Library Paperback in 1956
The_Long_March_(novel)
Island in Massachusetts, US
Bridwell, Richard North Patterson, Linda Fairstein, Shel Silverstein, William Styron, John Hersey, Dorothy West, Geraldine Brooks, and Tony Horwitz. Various
Martha's_Vineyard
Annual award in American arts and culture
been a resident there in 1962, 1970 and 1972. Award winner and writer William Styron spoke at the 1988 awards ceremony. He said that the group of previous
Edward_MacDowell_Medal
Annual literary festival in the Czech Republic
John Banville, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Salman Rushdie, Irvine Welsh, William Styron and Nadine Gordimer. The festival's origins are in London in the late
Prague_Writers'_Festival
mondial Cino Del Duca (France) – including Kundera, Borges, Kadare, and Styron List of recipients of the Prix Médicis (France) – including Eco, Perec,
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
Le_Monde's_100_Books_of_the_Century
American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004)
December 15, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2020. "Photo: Two Academy members, William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, and Ray Charles at the
Ray_Charles
American singer and actor (1927–2023)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Harry_Belafonte
American novelist (1922–2002)
2002. He has worked alongside other famous authors such as Mario Puzo, William Styron, Joseph Heller, Richard Wright, and Harlan Ellison. Bishop has been
Leonard_Bishop
American telecommunications company
(now AT&T Mexico). AT&T's board of directors as of February 2026 are: William Kennard – Chairman Scott T. Ford Glenn Hutchins Stephen J. Luczo Marissa
AT&T
Schlesinger Budd Schulberg Hubert Selby, Jr. Sir Stephen Spender Robert Stone William Styron Edmund Teske John Updike Mamie Van Doren Gore Vidal John A. Williams
Sylvester_&_Orphanos
American attorney and author (1800–1845)
narrative...The confession was no fraud. It was and is authentic." In 1967, William Styron published The Confessions of Nat Turner, a controversial fictionalized
Thomas_R._Gray
American writer and editor (1934–1999)
magazine, Morris helped to launch the careers of notable writers such as William Styron and Norman Mailer. But the Cowles family, owners of Harper's Magazine
Willie_Morris
American actor, dancer, singer, and producer (1912–1996)
animated dance with Jerry Mouse—the animation for which was supervised by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. That performance was enough for Farber to completely
Gene_Kelly
Bar in New York City (1925–1967)
Baldwin, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Miles Davis, Allen Ginsberg, Billy Name, Frank O'Hara, Jack Kerouac, Jackson Pollock, William Styron, Dylan
San_Remo_Cafe
1961 novel by Richard Yates
Age of Anxiety Disappeared from Print". Prominent authors, such as William Styron, Kurt Vonnegut, and Tennessee Williams, wrote blurbs that appeared on
Revolutionary_Road
American actress and dancer (1925–2000)
Standring) and Joseph William Verdon, who were both English immigrants to the United States by way of Canada. Her brother was William Farrell Verdon, her
Gwen_Verdon
American film director, film producer and film editor (1914–2005)
film content, rather than sound, and went to work for RKO film editor William "Billy" Hamilton. Wise's first film as Hamilton's assistant was Alfred
Robert_Wise
Screenplay Brother Sean Sammon, superior general of the Marist Brothers William Styron, Sophie's Choice, The Confessions of Nat Turner Tennessee Williams,
List_of_New_School_people
French actress (born 1955)
(1979) Kirk Douglas (1980) Jacques Deray (1981) Giorgio Strehler (1982) William Styron (1983) Dirk Bogarde (1984) Miloš Forman (1985) Sydney Pollack (1986)
Isabelle_Adjani
American actor (1916–2003)
Peck's "first real foray into comedy" was Roman Holiday (1953), directed by William Wyler. He portrayed American journalist Joe Bradley opposite Audrey Hepburn
Gregory_Peck
American violinist (1920–2001)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Isaac_Stern
1967 novel by William Styron
Nat Turner is a 1968 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by American writer William Styron. Presented as a first-person narrative by historical figure Nat Turner
The_Confessions_of_Nat_Turner
American actor (1931–2024)
[better source needed] During the early to mid 1960s, Jones acted in various works of William Shakespeare, becoming one of the best known Shakespearean actors of the
James_Earl_Jones
American actor, director, writer, and activist (1917–2005)
too advanced for a black man to have. His siblings included scientist William Conan Davis, social worker Essie Davis Morgan, pharmacist Kenneth Curtis
Ossie_Davis
Gabriel Hounds Mary Stewart November 5 The Confessions of Nat Turner William Styron November 12 November 19 November 26 December 3 December 10 December
List of The New York Times number-one books of 1967
List_of_The_New_York_Times_number-one_books_of_1967
Yacht club in Edgartown, Massachusetts
[citation needed] Walter Cronkite, journalist Diana Muldaur, actress William Styron, author Charles Bass, former Republican congressman from New Hampshire
Edgartown_Yacht_Club
British-American pianist and writer
descriptions of prison life, and a defense of homosexual love. According to William Styron of The New York Times Book Review, for him prison "was far less a purgatory
James_Blake_(pianist)
American comedian and country singer (1912–1996)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Minnie_Pearl
American actress and filmmaker (born 1983)
(1979) Kirk Douglas (1980) Jacques Deray (1981) Giorgio Strehler (1982) William Styron (1983) Dirk Bogarde (1984) Miloš Forman (1985) Sydney Pollack (1986)
Greta_Gerwig
American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911–1996)
William Smith Monroe (/mənˈroʊ/ mən-ROH; September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass
Bill_Monroe
American Author and Editor
Authors he championed include Norman Mailer, John Cheever, William Styron, Bruce Jay Friedman, William Gaddis, James Salter, Don DeLillo, Joy Williams, Ann
Rust_Hills
American actress (born 1949)
performance and her apparent mastery of a Polish accent drew praise. William Styron wrote the novel with Ursula Andress in mind for the role of Sophie,
Meryl_Streep
British-American-Irish actress and singer (1925–2022)
Feagin School of Drama and Radio, where she appeared in performances of William Congreve's The Way of the World and Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan
Angela_Lansbury
Canadian actor and writer (1911–2003)
the Library of Congress Cronyn, Hume (1991). Terrible Liar. New York: William Morrow and Company. pp. 254–256. ISBN 0-688-12844-0. "Hume Cronyn acting
Hume_Cronyn
Italian film director (1906–1977)
(1979) Kirk Douglas (1980) Jacques Deray (1981) Giorgio Strehler (1982) William Styron (1983) Dirk Bogarde (1984) Miloš Forman (1985) Sydney Pollack (1986)
Roberto_Rossellini
American architect (1925–2018)
instance, the Lieb House). Venturi created the firm Venturi and Short with William Short in 1960. In his architectural design Venturi was influenced by early
Robert_Venturi
American screenwriter and producer (1922–2023)
14, 1987. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022. Knoedelseder, William K. Jr. (February 2, 1989). "Norman Lear, Columbia Form Joint TV Venture"
Norman_Lear
African-American historian (1915–1998)
anthology of essays by African-Americans attacking the white writer William Styron, and his novel The Confessions of Nat Turner, for his fictional portrayal
John_Henrik_Clarke
Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 19 May 1983. American author William Styron served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker
1983_Cannes_Film_Festival
Topics referred to by the same term
Miss Sophie (disambiguation) Sophie's Choice (novel), a 1979 novel by William Styron Sophie's Choice (film), a 1982 film adapted from the novel Sophie's
Sophie_(disambiguation)
American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader (1908–2002)
Listening Companion. Backbeat Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-87930-600-9. Scott, William B. (1999). New York Modern: The Arts and the City. Johns Hopkins University
Lionel_Hampton
American pianist and singer (1928–2017)
(1957) The Fabulous Mr. D (1958) Alive and Kickin' (2006) Pareles, Jon; William Grimes (October 25, 2017). "Fats Domino, Early Rock 'n' Roller With a Boogie-Woogie
Fats_Domino
American actor (1922–2000)
Charles Bronson, and Claudia Cardinale. That year he also acted in the William Friedkin directed musical comedy The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Jason_Robards
American novelist (1933–2018)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Philip_Roth
American actress (1925–2013)
(née Smith), a nurse, and William Pickett Harris, an investment banker and authority on zoology. She had an older brother, William, and a younger brother
Julie_Harris
American activist and educator
to Paris so he could learn to write from accomplished authors like William Styron, Richard Wright, and other American expatriates who were living in Paris
Jonathan_Kozol
2008 novel by Elizabeth Strout
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1967) The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1968) House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (1969) The Collected Stories
Olive_Kitteridge
2022 novel by Hernan Diaz
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1967) The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1968) House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (1969) The Collected Stories
Trust_(novel)
Disinclination to activity or exertion
aristocrats and their indolence. Jason Compson, Robert Penn Warren and William Styron were some of the writers who explored this perspective. The lack of
Laziness
the procedure Edie Sedgwick, American socialite and Warhol superstar William Styron, American author Gene Tierney, American actress Townes van Zandt, American
List of people who have undergone electroconvulsive therapy
List_of_people_who_have_undergone_electroconvulsive_therapy
American dancer and choreographer (1934–2021)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Jacques_d'Amboise_(dancer)
American annual literary award
Authors who have won the award more than once include William Faulkner, John Updike, William Gaddis, Jesmyn Ward, and Philip Roth, each having won twice
National Book Award for Fiction
National_Book_Award_for_Fiction
American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Dave_Brubeck
American actress (1911–2002)
Kunitz Robert Merrill Arthur Miller Robert Rauschenberg Lloyd Richards William Styron Paul Taylor Billy Wilder 1994 Harry Belafonte Dave Brubeck Celia Cruz
Rosetta_LeNoire
2013 novel by Donna Tartt
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1967) The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (1968) House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday (1969) The Collected Stories
The_Goldfinch_(novel)
American playwright (1911–1983)
Rimbaud, Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare, Clarence Darrow, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, August Strindberg, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe,
Tennessee_Williams
Canadian and American architect (1929–2025)
California's School of Architecture in 1954, where his professors included William Pereira. During that time, he became a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi. He
Frank_Gehry
American writer (1924–1995)
frequenting the Cedar Tavern, rubbing shoulders with writers James Jones, William Styron, Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, Harold "Doc" Humes, Jack Gelber, Jules
Terry_Southern
American country music singer and fiddler (1903–1992)
Home in San Antone (1949), in which he starred with Lloyd Corrigan and William Frawley. Acuff and his band also joined Macon and other Opry acts at various
Roy_Acuff
Kazan The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron The Chosen by Chaim Potok (N.B. The source shows the Styron and Potok books tied for 2 and 3.) Topaz
Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1960s
Publishers_Weekly_list_of_bestselling_novels_in_the_United_States_in_the_1960s
American soul singer (1942–2018)
Entertainer, Tyler Perry, Smokey Robinson, Yolanda Adams, and Rev. Dr. William Barber II. At Franklin's request she was eulogized by Rev. Jasper Williams
Aretha_Franklin
American socialite (1921–1972)
parties for their friends, who included Greta Garbo, Tennessee Williams, William Styron. Over time, Barbara became well known to many for her unstable personality
Barbara_Daly_Baekeland
Austrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
from a bygone era, who dreams of a comeback. An aspiring screenwriter (William Holden) finds refuge at her decaying manse and agrees to write her next
Billy_Wilder
French actress (born 1964)
before; A Couch in New York was directed by Chantal Akerman and co-starred William Hurt. This screw-ball comedy tells the story of a New York psychiatrist
Juliette_Binoche
American filmmakers
the quintuplets to bring up as their own. The film featured McDormand, William Forsythe, Sam McMurray, Randall "Tex" Cobb and marked the first of many
Coen_brothers
South Korean filmmaker (born 1963)
(1979) Kirk Douglas (1980) Jacques Deray (1981) Giorgio Strehler (1982) William Styron (1983) Dirk Bogarde (1984) Miloš Forman (1985) Sydney Pollack (1986)
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