[DOC] [TLE] JONATHAN YARDLEY - William Styron's 'Darkness,' Dimmed by Age [PAR] Mar 21, 2008 ... I first read "Lie Down in Darkness" when I was 28, only a few years older than 
Peyton ... an experience he describes with great wit in the opening pages of "
Sophie's Choice. ... His first novel still offers much to admire. ... Set as it is in 
Virginia during and immediately after World War II, it employs the racial... [DOC] [TLE] William Styron - Wikipedia [PAR] 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 at age 26; .... Styron's next novel, Sophie's Choice (1979), also 
generated significant... [DOC] [TLE] Lie Down in Darkness | novel by Styron | Britannica.com [PAR] Map of Virginia from John Smith's The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England
, ... and Sophie's Choice (1979) unsuccessfully sought to capture the full horror of 
the. ... Styron's first novel, Lie Down in Darkness (1951), set in his native 
tidewater Virginia, ... German dramatist, critic, and writer on philosophy and 
aesthetics. [DOC] [TLE] William Styron | American author | Britannica.com [PAR] American novelist noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a ... 
Styron's first novel, Lie Down in Darkness (1951), set in his native tidewater 
Virginia, ... Styron's final novel, Sophie's Choice (1979; filmed 1982), portrays the 
growth... [DOC] [TLE] Essays highlight breadth of Styron's knowledge [PAR] Sep 16, 2015 ... book Some 30 years ago or so, William Styron  the acclaimed author of novels 
like ... of Nat Turner and Sophie's Choice  visited the University of Virginia, the 
setting for some of his first novel, Lie Down In Darkness. ... the first and only time 
in my life to stand in line and have an author sign a book for me. [DOC] [TLE] William Styron - Port Warwick [PAR] So begins Lie Down in Darkness, the wrenching first novel published in 1951 
by ... While he named the fictional city where his tragedy was set Port Warwick, ... 
fiction in 1968 and Sophie's Choice, winner of the National Book Award in 1980
. ... is named Styron Square to honor the life and work of its famous native son. [DOC] [TLE] William Styron Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] His fiction is often powerful, deeply felt, poetic, and... ... in Darkness, The Long 
March, The Confessions of Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. ... William Styron 
was born January 11, 1925, in Newport News, Virginia, to a family whose ... Lie 
Down in Darkness was an impressive first novel, and in 1952 Styron won the Prix 
de... [DOC] [TLE] William Styron (Author) - Penguin Books [PAR] Deciding that his battalion has been 'doping off', Colonel Templeton calls for a ... 
of Sophie's Choice returns to the coastal Virginia setting of his first novels. ... in 
the words of Sir Thomas Browne in his URN BURIAL, 'all lie down in darkness'. ... 
William Styron (1925-2006), a native of the Tidewater region of Virginia, was a... [DOC] [TLE] William Styron Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] William Styron (born 1925) was a Southern writer of novels and articles. His 
major works were Lie Down in Darkness, The Long March, The Confessions of 
Nat Turner, and Sophie's Choice. ... William Styron was born January 11, 1925, in 
Newport News, Virginia, to a family whose roots in the South go back to the 17th
... [DOC] [TLE] Lie Down in Darkness: William Styron: 9780679735977: Books ... [PAR] About the Author. William Styron (1925-2006), a native of the Virginia Tidewater, 
was a graduate of ... His books include Lie Down

Question: This "Sophie's Choice" author set his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness", in his native Virginia
Answer: William Styron