Virginia Faulkner

Virginia Louise Falkner (1 March 1913 – 1980) was an American author. She was born in Lincoln, Nebraska and graduated from Lincoln High School. [1]

In 1940 she wrote My Hey Day: or the Crack up of the International Set, and later Maldemer Farm: or My Back To The Soil as "Princess Tulip Murphy, as told to V. Faulkner".[2][3]

Legacy

The Virginia Faulkner Awards are named after her. A collection of Faulkner's papers is held at the library of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia Faulkner Collection".
  2. ↑ The New Yorker. 16. New Yorker Magazine, Incorporated. 1940. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 120.
  4. ↑ "Virginia Faulkner Collection". UNL Libraries. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  • Virginia Faulkner on IMDb
  • "Remembering Virginia Faulkner". University of Nebraska Press Blog. 11 May 2016.


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