Novelist Walker Percy

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Walker Percy

Living place: Alabama

Birthday: 28-5-1916

Population of US 1916: 101,961,000

Global rank: #83158

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Who is Novelist Walker Percy?
An Alabama-born author, he is best known for his 1961 novel, The Moviegoer, which won a National Book Award. Much of his work deals with the transformation of the Old South through technology and industry.
His most famous novel, The Moviegoer, deals with themes of alienation by focusing on a weary Wall Street man, searching for meaning in a world of movies. film images.

Young / Before famous

While recovering from a bout of tuberculosis, he discovered the works of Jean Paul Sartre and other existential writers in Europe and was inspired to become an author, myself. He published his debut, The Moviegoer, in 1961.

Family life info

He was orphaned during his childhood after his father committed suicide and his mother died in an automobile accident. During his later childhood years, he was raised by his father's cousin, a lawyer.

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He and his co-author, Julia Glass, are both recipients of the National Book Award for Fiction.

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When was Novelist Walker Percy born?
Walker Percy was born in 28-5-1916, death year is , at the age of 108.
Where is Novelist Walker Percy's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Walker Percy was born in Alabama, . Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Walker Percy's global rank is 83158 and whose rank is 997 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1916 is about 101,961,000 persons.
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Events in 1916 and 28-5

Events in US in the birth year of Walker Percy

  • Congress authorizes a plan to expand the U.S. armed forces over the next five years (June).
  • Montana voters elect 36-year-old Republican Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
  • U.S. National Park Service in the Department of the Interior is created by act of Congress (Aug. 20).
  • Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the country at 46 Amboy St., Brooklyn.

Birthday Walker Percy (28-5) in history

  • Day 28-5 year 1863: Robert Gould Shaw, leading the first northern all-black regiment, leaves Boston for the Civil War.
  • Day 28-5 year 1929: The first all-color, full-length talking picture, On With the Show!, debuted.
  • Day 28-5 year 1934: The Dionne quintuplets were born in Ontario, Canada.
  • Day 28-5 year 1957: Baseball owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to move to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively. Many New Yorkers still haven’t recovered. See other baseball city and nickname changes.
  • Day 28-5 year 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old pilot from West Germany, landed his private plane in Moscow’s Red Square. He was arrested and sentenced to four years in a labor camp, but was released after just one.
  • Day 28-5 year 1997: Linda Finch completed Amelia Earhart's attempted around-the-world flight.
  • Day 28-5 year 1998: Pakistan staged nuclear tests in response to India's nuclear tests two weeks earlier.
  • Day 28-5 year 2003: Pres. Bush signed a $350 billion tax cut into law; the third largest tax cut in U.S. history.
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