Walker Percy, OblSB was an American writer whose works explored alienation, existentialism, faith, and the limits of science in modern life. A prominent Southern and Catholic literary figure, Percy is especially noted for his novels set in New Orleans. His first, The Moviegoer (1961), won the National Book Award for Fiction.
- Occupation
- writer, novelist, philosopher, physician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 28, 1916
- Died
- May 10, 1990
