Walker Percy Writer

Walker Percy, Obl.S.B. (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was a Southern author from Covington, Louisiana, whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. He devoted his literary life to the exploration of "the dislocation of man in the modern age." His work displays a combination of existential questioning, Southern sensibility, and deep Catholic faith.

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Birth date	May 28, 1916
Birth place	Birmingham Alabama
Date of death	May 10, 1990
Place of death	Covington Louisiana

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Career start	1961
Career end	1990
influenced by	Albert Camus Charles Sanders Peirce Jean-Paul Sartre Søren Kierkegaard Thomas Aquinas Susanne Langer Gabriel Marcel