![]() was summarized in a lengthy 2007 appreciation of Blotner’s legacy published on the university’s main news site, “U.Va. His obituary in the New York Times reflects his influence and reputation nationally, while his work here at U.Va. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1951. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1947. Education Bachelor, Drew University, 1947. ![]() Son of Joseph and Johanna Angela (Slattery) Blotner. After a long career as a biographer, editor, and academic, Professor Blotner passed away at his home in Oakland, California on November 16, 2012. Blotner, Joseph Leo was born on Jin Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. ![]() Blotner is perhaps best remembered for his monumental 1979 biography of Faulkner and for his Library of America editions of Faulkner’s works the editions and his popular 1984 condensed version of the biography remain in print today and are standard sources for the study of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Late last year, we lost one of the people responsible for Faulkner’s presence at the University: former English Department faculty member Joseph Blotner. ![]() Dozens of Faulkner-related manuscript collections and several thousand books by and about him fill shelves and ranges in our stacks. His portrait hangs in the gallery leading to our reading room, and the typewriter he used while at U.Va. It is almost impossible to imagine the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library without William Faulkner. ![]()
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