▁Did ." ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁beg inn ings ▁( 1 9 3 0 s – 1 9 4 0 s ) ▁ ▁William ▁Fa ulk ner ▁and ▁E ud ora ▁Wel ty ▁both ▁published ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁most ▁significant ▁works ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁drawing ▁international ▁attention ▁to ▁Mississippi . ▁Fa ulk ner ▁published ▁The ▁Sound ▁and ▁The ▁F ury ▁( 1 9 2 9 ), ▁As ▁I ▁L ay ▁D ying ▁( 1 9 3 0 _, ▁Light ▁in ▁August ▁( 1 9 3 2 ), ▁and ▁Abs alom , ▁Abs alom ! ▁( 1 9 3 6 ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁Fa ulk ner ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Nobel ▁Prize ▁for ▁Liter ature . ▁Wel ty ▁published ▁her ▁short ▁story ▁collections ▁A ▁Cur tain ▁Green ▁( 1 9 4 1 ), ▁Music ▁from ▁Spain ▁( 1 9 4 8 ), ▁and ▁The ▁Golden ▁App les ▁( 1 9 4 9 ) ▁in ▁the ▁for ties , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁her ▁first ▁novel ▁D elta ▁Wed ding ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁Margaret ▁Walker ▁published ▁her ▁first ▁poetry ▁collection ▁For ▁My ▁People ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁Mississippi . ▁ ▁Civil ▁rights ▁era ▁( 1 9 5 0 s – 1 9 7 0 s ) ▁The ▁University ▁Press ▁of ▁Mississippi ▁began ▁operating ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁With ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁state ' s ▁eight ▁public ▁univers