![]() ![]() At one point, he offered to let him make illustrations for some of his novels. ![]() William would read and edit his stories and send him vocabulary lists to learn. At this point, William was in New Olrleans, so they would write letters back and forth. ![]() 196)ĭuring Dean’s late teens and early twenties, he began writing and drawing, forming a mentorship-like relationship with William. He was well liked for his “open, sunny disposition.” ( Faulkner: A Biography p. He became an expert hunter and eventually grew so familiar with nature that he could tell time by the sun. Blotner claims that their father favored Dean because of his love of sports and the outdoors. Although he had been somewhat excluded from his older brother’s adventures during their childhood, they always “doted on him” and loved to play with him. ![]() A memorial article written by a Mississippi news site called “Hotty Toddy” described him as “an inspiration for the whole Falkner family as well as a perpetual source of pleasure for them.” Joseph Blotner’s account of his life also suggests that he was the family favorite. Dean Swift Falkner was the youngest of William Faulkner’s three brothers. ![]()
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