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American English
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Birmingham, Louisiana
Education
Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Greenville High School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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♊ Gemini
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龙 Dragon
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Walker Percy: American philosophical novelist.
Born in Birmingham (died at age 73).
4 awards including Jefferson Lecture.
Studied at Columbia University.
AWARDS (4)
B
Jefferson Lecture
WON
B
Laetare Medal
WON
B
National Book Award
WON
B
St. Louis Literary Award
WON
Biography
Walker Percy, OblSB was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. Percy is noted for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans; his first, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction.
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Walker Percy was born on and passed away on at the age of 73.
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Walker Percy was born in Birmingham.
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