As per our current Database, Walker Percy has been died on May 10, 1990 (age 73).
When Walker Percy die, Walker Percy was 73 years old.
| Popular As | Walker Percy |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 28, 1916 (Alabama) |
| Birthday | May 28 |
| Town/City | Alabama |
| Nationality | Alabama |
Walker Percy’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Walker Percy was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
An Alabama-born author, he is best known for his 1961 novel, The Moviegoer, which won the National Book Award. Much of his work deals with the transformation of the old South through Technology and industry.
While recovering from a bout of tuberculosis, he discovered the works of Jean Paul Sartre and other European existentialist Writers and was inspired to become an author, himself. He published his debut work, The Moviegoer, in 1961.
His most famous novel, The Moviegoer, deals with the theme of alienation by focusing on a jaded Wall Street man who seeks meaning in a world of movie images.
He was orphaned in 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.
He and fellow author, Julia Glass, were both recipients of the National Book Award for Fiction.
