Walker Percy
1916 - 1990
General Information
Bio
(1916-1990) Novelist. Walker Percy graduated from Columbia University and worked at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York. Percy spent time at Saranac Lake, New York recuperating from tuberculosis.
Full Name
Walker Percy
Locations
Franklin
Author's Timeline
1916
BIRTH
Walker Percy was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1916.
1941
OTHER
Percy received his medical degree from Columbia University in New York City in 1941. Following his graduation from Columbia University, he worked at Bellevue Hospital where he contracted tuberculosis.
1942
RESIDENCE
Percy spent nearly four years at the Trudeau Sanitorium on Saranac Lake recuperating from tuberculosis.
1961
LITWORK
The Moviegoer
Knopf.
Novel. Winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1961.
Knopf.
Novel. Winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1961.
1966
LITWORK
The Last Gentleman
Novel.
Novel.
1971
LITWORK
Love In The Ruins
Novel.
Novel.
1977
LITWORK
Lancelot
Novel.
Novel.
1982
LITWORK
The Second Coming
Novel.
Novel.
1983
LITWORK
Lost In The Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book
Collection of essays.
Collection of essays.
1987
LITWORK
The Thanataos Syndrome
Novel.
Novel.
1990
DEATH
Walker Percy died in Covington, Louisiana in 1990.
1990
INTERMENT
Walker Percy was interred at Saint Joseph's Abbey in Saint Benedict, Louisiana.
1991
LITWORK
Signposts In A Strange Land
Collection of short writings.
Collection of short writings.
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