"In between propaganda and escapism": William Faulkner as Cold War Cultural Ambassador.

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      The article discusses the role of writer and Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner as the U.S. cultural ambassador to Latin American, Asia and Europe during the Cold War between 1954 and 1961. Topics include the significance of Faulkner's Nobel Prize for Literature award, given in November 1950, to State Department officials, who wanted to display his work as evidence of the U.S. freedom of expression and cultural achievement, the scholarship on cultural diplomacy and Cold War racial politics, and the construction and interaction of conflicting aspects of the writer's official tours.