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Walker Percy, OblSB (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) 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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Walker Percy | Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) Columbia University (MD) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Born | (1916-05-28)May 28, 1916 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Children | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Died | May 10, 1990(1990-05-10) (aged 73) Covington, Louisiana, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Genres | Philosophical novelist, memoir, essays | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Literary movement | Southern Gothic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Notable work | The Moviegoer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Occupation | Writer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Period | 1961–1990 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Walker Percy | Relatives | William Alexander Percy | 1.00 | infobox |
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