Walker Percy,
Obl.S.B. (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was a
Southern American author from
Covington, Louisiana, whose interests included
philosophy and
semiotics. Percy is known for his philosophical novels set in and around
New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which,
The Moviegoer, won the U.S.
National Book Award for Fiction. He devoted his literary life to the exploration of "the dislocation of man in the modern age." His work displays a combination of existential questioning, Southern sensibility, and deep Catholic faith.