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Walker Percy
Sign in to saveAmerican philosophical novelist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1916
- Died
- 1990
- Works
- 60
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Percy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- Covington
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Employer
- Louisiana State University
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Award
- National Book Award
- Notable work
- The Moviegoer
- Genre
- essay
- Image
- Walker Percy.jpg
- Residence
- Louisiana
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- date of birth
- 1916-05-28
- date of death
- 1990-05-10
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- Thomas Aquinas
- nominated for
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- place of burial
- Louisiana
- writing language
- English language
Sources (15)
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