- Born
- May 28, 1916
9
Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in BnF authorities
- May 28, 1916
- Died
- May 10, 1990
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Sources- 1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 5.Stated in Brockhaus EnzyklopädieRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 6.Stated in Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature
- May 10, 1990
- Birthplace
- Birmingham
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- 2.timelines.ws/20thcent/1916_1917.HTML
- 3.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Birmingham
- Place of death
- Covington
4
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- 4.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-18
- Covington
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- writer
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- 2.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/385567/Mississippi/78486/Health-and-welfare
- , novelist
- , philosopher
- +1 more
- writer
- Education
- Employer
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- Awards
- Jefferson Lecture(1989)
- Laetare Medal(1989)
- St. Louis Literary Award(1985)
- National Book Award(1962) topic's main category: fiction
- Family name
- Percy
1
Sources- 1.Stated in International Standard Name IdentifierRetrieved 2015-10-14
- Percy
- Given name
- Walker
1
Sources- 1.Stated in International Standard Name IdentifierRetrieved 2015-10-14
- Walker
- Nominations
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction(1981) for work: The Second Coming
- National Book Award for Fiction(1972) for work: Love in the Ruins
- National Book Award for Fiction(1967) for work: The Last Gentleman
- National Book Award for Fiction(1962) for work: The Moviegoer
- Archives at
- Louis Round Wilson Library described at url: finding-aids.lib.unc.edu · inventory number: 4294 · subject named as: Walker Percy Papers, circa 1910-1996
On other databases
85 identifiers linking Walker Percy across the web's reference databases
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