Are both William Faulkner and Nathanael West Nobel Prize winners?
no
Title: Faux Faulkner contest
Passage: The Faux Faulkner contest was an annual parody essay contest founded in 1989 by Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel laureate William Faulkner, with her husband Lawrence Wells, and sponsored by Yoknapatawpha Press and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.  It was held 16 times until 2005.  The contest attracted as many as 750 entries in a single year from several countries as well as each of the 50 United States.  The winners were published annually in "Hemispheres" magazine (the onboard magazine for United Airlines and the contest's corporate sponsor) and often received coverage in other major media outlets such as "USA Today" and MSNBC.  The contest has been on hold since 2005 while it seeks a new corporate sponsor.
Title: William Faulkner
Passage: William Cuthbert Faulkner ( ; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi.  Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays, and screenplays.  He is primarily known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life.
Title: Nathanael West
Passage: Nathanael West (born Nathan Weinstein; October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American author, screenwriter and satirist.
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