Willie Stark
Willie Stark, fictional character, a central figure in the novel All the King’s Men (1946) by Robert Penn Warren. The life and career of Willie Stark, a flamboyant governor of a Southern U.S. state, were based on those of Huey Long, governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1931. Like his real-life model, Stark is ultimately assassinated.
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Article Title:
Willie Stark
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
16 February 2011
Access Date:
February 22, 2025