Walker Percy

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
essayist
novelist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill
gptkb:Columbia_University_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Book_Award_for_Fiction
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-05-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath prostate cancer
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ann_Boyd_Percy_Moores
gptkb:Kathleen_Percy_Abel
gptkb:Mary_Pratt_Percy_Lobdell
gptkbp:deathDate 1990-05-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Covington,_Louisiana,_United_States
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:literature
gptkb:philosophy
semiotics
gptkbp:genre philosophical fiction
Southern literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Walker Percy
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Paul_Elie
gptkb:Percival_Everett
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
gptkb:Søren_Kierkegaard
gptkb:Thomas_Merton
gptkb:Gabriel_Marcel
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Lancelot
gptkb:The_Second_Coming
gptkb:Lost_in_the_Cosmos
gptkb:Love_in_the_Ruins
gptkb:The_Last_Gentleman
gptkb:The_Message_in_the_Bottle
gptkb:The_Moviegoer
gptkb:The_Thanatos_Syndrome
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:LeRoy_Pratt_Percy
gptkb:Martha_Susan_Phinizy_Percy
gptkbp:relative gptkb:William_Alexander_Percy
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Covington,_Louisiana,_United_States
gptkbp:signature Walker Percy signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Bernice_Townsend
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4