Sty ‧ ron, William /ˈstaɪ ə rən/ BrE AmE
(1925–2006) a US writer known especially for his novels such as the Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), which deals with ↑ racism , and for which he won a Pulitzer prize, and Sophie's Choice (1979), which is about the Holocaust and was made into a successful film.