William Styron

William Styron
LahirWilliam Clark Styron Jr.
June 11, 1925 (1925-06-11)
Newport News, Virginia, Amerika Serikat
MeninggalNovember 1, 2006 (2006-12) (umur 81)
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Amerika Serikat
PekerjaanNovelis, esais
KebangsaanAmerika
AlmamaterUniversitas Duke
Periode1951–2006
Karya terkenalLie Down in Darkness
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Sophie's Choice
Darkness Visible
Pasangan
Rose Burgunder
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(m. 1953)​
Anak4, termasuk Alexandra
Tanda tangan

William Styron adalah Novelis dari Amerika Serikat, lahir di Virginia pada tahun 1925.[1] Ia belajar dalam bidang penulisan di Duke University dan kemudian pindah ke New York untuk memulai karier sebagai penulis.[1] Pada tahun 1951, William Styron menerbitkan novel pertamanya yang berjudul Lie Down in Darkness. Ia kemudian ikut wajib miiter dalam Perang Korea.[1] Pengalaman Styron dalam marinir AS dituangkannya dalam novel selanjutnya, The Long March.[1] Novel tersebut menceritakan perlakuan brutal terhadap anggota marinir dalam latihan mereka.[1] Novel ini meraih kesuksesan besar sehingga sejak itu Styron menjadi terkenal dan semakin produktif melahirkan karya-karya berikutnya.[1] Karya Styron yang terkenal dan paling laku adalah Sophie's Choice.[1]

Rujukan

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Susilo, Taufik Adi, Ensiklopedi Pengetahuan Dunia Abad 20. Javalitera. Yogyakarta2010. Halaman 100

Pranala luar dan bacaan lebih lanjut

Wikiquote memiliki koleksi kutipan yang berkaitan dengan: William Styron.
  • Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton (Spring 1954). "William Styron, The Art of Fiction No. 5". The Paris Review. Spring 1954 (5).
  • George Plimpton (Spring 1999). "William Styron, The Art of Fiction No. 156". The Paris Review. Spring 1999 (150).
  • James Campbell, "Tidewater traumas", The Guardian Unlimited website
  • William Styron di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
  • Kenneth S. Greenberg, ed. Nat Turner: A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xix + 289 pp., ISBN 978-0-19-513404-9 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-19-517756-5 (paper).
  • James L. W. West III [editor], Conversations with William Styron, Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87805-260-7.
  • James L. W. West III, William Styron: A Life, New York: Random House, 1998. ISBN 0-679-41054-6
  • Charlie Rose with William Styron, A discussion about mental illness, 50-minute interview
  • William Styron interview with William Waterway Marks on "The Vineyard Voice"/1989/covers a range of topics.
  • "An Appreciation of William Styron", Charlie Rose, – 55-minute-long video
  • A Conversation with William Styron Diarsipkan 2015-09-07 di Wayback Machine. on-line reprint of interview published in Humanities, 18,3 (1997),
  • William Styron interview on Martha's Vineyard, William Styron interview by author and TV host William Waterway Marks with rare photo of Styron sitting at desk in his island writing studio.
  • Michael Lackey, "The Theology of Nazi Anti-Semitism in William Styron's Sophie's Choice," Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory, 22,4 (2011), 277–300.
  • KCRW Bookworm Interview Diarsipkan 2012-11-14 di Wayback Machine.
  • A memoir of life with Styron by his writer daughter, Alexandra Styron.
  • Stuart Wright Collection: William Styron Papers (#1169-011), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
  • William Styron: An Author's Life and Career, a comprehensive website maintained by James L. W. West III, Styron’s biographer.

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