William Styron

William Styron

Writing

Birthday

1925/06/11

Day of death

2006/11/01 (81 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Newport News, Virginia, USA

Also know as

Bill Styron

Biography

William Clark Styron Jr. (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work. Styron was best known for his novels, including: Lie Down in Darkness (1951), his acclaimed first work, published when he was 26; The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), narrated by Nat Turner, the leader of an 1831 Virginia slave revolt; Sophie's Choice (1979), a story "told through the eyes of a young aspiring writer from the South, about a Polish Catholi...Read more

Acting
Naked in New York
4.7

(1993) Naked in New York

as Self

Mark Twain
6.9

(2002) Mark Twain

as Self (uncredited)

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
6.1

(2003) Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Self

Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
2.0

(1995) Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski

as ---

James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
1.5

(1989) James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket

as Self

The Painted Boy
0.0

(1995) The Painted Boy

as Self/Writer

Mark Twain
0.0

(2002) Mark Twain

as self

Apostrophes
8.5

(1975) Apostrophes

as Self