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| Born | May 28, 1916, Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Died | May 10, 1990, Covington, Louisiana, United States |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.), Columbia University (M.D.) |
| Period | 1961–1990 |
| Genre | Philosophical novelist, memoir, essays |
| Literary movement | Southern Gothic |
| Notable works | The Moviegoer |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | William Alexander Percy |
About Walker Percy
Novelist Walker Percy was born on May 28, 1916 in Alabama, United States (He dies at the age of 73, on May 10, 1990).
He is well known for his National Book Award-winning novel The Moviegoer, which he wrote in 1961. Much of his work is concerned with the technological and industrial transformation of the ancient South.
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Walker Percy before becoming famous
Walker Percy was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1916 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).
He encountered the works of Jean Paul Sartre and other European existentialist philosophers while recovering from TB and was motivated to become a novelist himself. In 1961, he published his first book, The Moviegoer.
Achievement of Walker Percy
His most well-known novel, The Moviegoer, explores the issue of alienation through the lens of a cynical Wall Streeter looking for meaning in a world of movie pictures.
Walker Percy's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
His father committed suicide and his mother died in an automobile accident while he was a child, leaving him orphaned. He was reared by his father's cousin, a lawyer, during his later childhood years.
Walker Percy Collabed with
He and Novelist Julia Glass, a fellow novelist, both won the National Book Award for Fiction.
Walker Percy Income & Net worth
Walker Percy's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: a novelist. Information about his net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Walker Percy.
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