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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Author
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina
gptkb:Louisiana_State_University
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
National Book Award
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gptkbp:born
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May 28, 1916
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gptkbp:children
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Three
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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Philosophical literature
Existential literature
Southern_literature
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gptkbp:died
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May 10, 1990
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkb:Columbia_University
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gptkbp:famousFor
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Critique of modern society
Exploring existential themes
Exploration of faith and spirituality
Philosophical exploration of the self
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Southern_Gothic
Philosophical fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Walker Percy
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gptkbp:influenced
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Contemporary_Southern_literature
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Fyodor_Dostoevsky
gptkb:William_Faulkner
Søren Kierkegaard
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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The human condition
The nature of existence
The search for meaning
The role of language in understanding
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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Exploration of identity and culture
Continued relevance in literary studies
Influence on writers and thinkers
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Love_in_the_Ruins
The Second Coming
The Last Gentleman
The Moviegoer
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gptkbp:occupation
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Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Covington,_Louisiana
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_E._Percy
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