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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 .
May 24, 2024 · Walker Percy, American novelist who wrote of the New South transformed by industry and technology. His books included The Moviegoer, which introduced his concept of ‘Malaise,’ a disease of despair born of the rootless modern world. Learn more about Percy’s life and career.
May 10, 1990 · Walker Percy 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.
The Moviegoer is the debut novel by Walker Percy, first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. It won the U.S. National Book Award. Time included the novel in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005".
May 11, 2018 · Walker Percy (1916-1990) won the National Book Award for fiction in 1961 for his first published novel, The Moviegoer. In five subsequent novels and numerous essays, he explored his chosen theme of "the dislocation of man in the modern age."
May 11, 1990 · Walker Percy, a Southern author who wrote about modern man's search for faith and love in a chaotic world in ''The Moviegoer'' and other novels, died yesterday at his home across Lake ...
Jan 3, 2020 · When I was 17, and an avid film watcher, I checked out from the library Walker Percy’s The Moviegoer, winner of the 1961 National Book Award, expecting to have a protagonist whom I could relate to. Instead, I recall finding Percy’s Binx Bolling irritating and uninteresting, a do-nothing, and I wasn’t won over by his frequent jaunts to a ...
The Project is a comprehensive educational resource on 20th century American author Walker Percy (1916-1990), offering free online content and discussion about his writings, life, and thought for students, general readers, and scholars.
Walker Percy. Greenville, Mississippi. Born in Birmingham in 1916, Walker Percy's early life was sadly Southern Gothic. Before his birth in 1916, Percy's grandfather committed suicide, as did his father in 1929.
Walker Percy has 68 books on Goodreads with 605635 ratings. Walker Percy’s most popular book is The Moviegoer.
