A ROSE FOR EMILY

Biography of the Author

William Faulkner (1897-1962) Oxford, Mississippi He wrote novels, short stories,

a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career. He was a high school dropout. He used pieces of his own life and family history in his fiction. He published almost twenty novels, several volumes of short fiction, and two volumes of poetry. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, a National Book Award, and the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Background of the Piece

First published in April 30, 1930. Faulkner's first short story published in a national

magazine. The story takes place in Jefferson, Mississippi, Faulkner's fictional city.

Introduction
Faulkner explained the reason for his choice

of the title as: [A Rose For Emily] was an allegorical title; the meaning was, here was a woman who has had a tragedy, an irrevocable tragedy and nothing could be done about it, and I pitied her and this was a salute ... to a woman you would hand a rose.[1]

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