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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 .
Walker Percy, OSB (Birmingham, 28 de maio de 1916 — Covington, 10 de maio de 1990) [1] foi um escritor estadunidense, tendo entre seus interesses a filosofia e a semiótica. [2] Percy é conhecido por seus romances filosóficos ambientados em Nova Orleans e arredores; seu primeiro romance, The Moviegoer , ganhou o Prêmio Nacional ...
10 de mai. de 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.
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24 de mai. de 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.
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Walker Percy has 68 books on Goodreads with 603537 ratings. Walker Percy’s most popular book is The Moviegoer.
31 de jan. de 2022 · A book review by Walker Percy of Paul Horgan's Approaches to Writing, published in 1974. Percy praises Horgan's insights on writing as a craft, a profession and an art, and shares some of his own experiences and opinions.
11 de mai. de 2018 · Learn about the life and literature of Walker Percy, a novelist and philosopher who explored the dislocation of man in the modern age. Find out how he became a writer, a Catholic, and a critic of the South and the North.
