What is William Styron?
{{Infobox writer|name=William Styron|image=William Styron, author, cropped (2).jpg|caption=William Styron, 1967|birth_name=William Clark Styron Jr.|birth_date={{Birth-date|June 11, 1925}}|birth_place=[[Newport News, Virginia]], U.S.|death_date={{Death-date and age|November 1, 2006|June 11, 1925}}|death_place=[[Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], U.S.|occupation=Novelist, essayist|education=|alma_mater=[[Duke University]]|period=1951–2006|genre=|subject=|movement=|notableworks=''Lie Down in Darkness''<br/>''The Confessions of Nat Turner''<br/>''Sophie's Choice''<br/>''Darkness Visible''|spouse={{marriage|Rose Burgunder |1953}}|children=4, including [[Alexandra Styron|Alexandra]]|signature=WilliamStyronSignature.png|website=}} '''William Clark Styron Jr.''' (June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006) was an American [[novelist]] and [[essayist]]. He wrote five novels and other books of essays and life stories ([[memoir]]). Styron was born and raised in [[Newport News, Virginia]]. He had a hard time at a number of schools, but he [[graduated]] from Christchurch School in southeast Virginia in 1942.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lehmann-Haupt|first=Christopher|date=2006-11-02|title=William Styron, Novelist, Dies at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/books/02styron.html|access-date=2023-01-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In college during [[World War II]], he joined the [[United States Marine Corps|Marines’ reserve officer training program]]. In July 1945 he was given a job to help with the [[invasion of Japan]], but the war ended a month later. He soon left the Marines and went back to graduate from [[Duke University]] in 1947.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lehmann-Haupt|first=Christopher|date=2006-11-02|title=William Styron, Novelist, Dies at 81|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/books/02styron.html|access-date=2023-01-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the 1950s he lived in [[Paris]]. With other young writers, he helped to begin a magazine called ''[[The Paris R