Walker Percy

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essayist human novelist philosopher of literature

Walker Percy was an American novelist and essayist known for his philosophical Southern fiction exploring existentialism, faith, and modern alienation.

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Walker Percy canonical 4

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
philosopher of literature ⓘ
awardReceived Laetare Medal ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-05-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-05-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons ⓘ
familyName Percy ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian theology in literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
philosophy of existentialism ⓘ
genre Catholic fiction ⓘ
Southern Gothic ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
givenName Walker ⓘ
influencedBy Gabriel Marcel ⓘ
Roman Catholic thought ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainTheme Southern identity and culture ⓘ
existential alienation in modern society ⓘ
search for faith and meaning ⓘ
movement Southern literature ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
notableWork Lancelot ⓘ
Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book ⓘ
Love in the Ruins ⓘ
The Last Gentleman ⓘ
The Message in the Bottle ⓘ
The Moviegoer ⓘ
The Second Coming ⓘ
The Thanatos Syndrome ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Birmingham, Alabama, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Covington, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfResidence Covington, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
relative LeRoy Percy Jr. ⓘ
surface form: LeRoy Percy

William Alexander Percy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling LeRoy Percy Jr. ⓘ
spouse Mary Bernice Townsend Percy ⓘ
workAwarded The Moviegoer ⓘ

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The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → Walker Percy ⓘ
Laetare Medal → notableRecipient → Walker Percy ⓘ
Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities → notableRecipient → Walker Percy ⓘ
Southern Renaissance → hasNotableAuthor → Walker Percy ⓘ