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Walker Percy

1916 - 1990

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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. Trained as a physician at Columbia University, Percy decided to become a writer after a bout of tuberculosis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walker Percy has received more than 737,241 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Walker Percy is the 5,685th most popular writer (down from 5,042nd in 2019), the 10,234th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,990th in 2019) and the 774th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Walker Percy ranks 5,685 out of 5,755. Before him are Māra Zālīte, Philip Massinger, Lydia Maria Child, Patrick Grainville, Alberto Dines, and Justine Musk. After him are Ludwig Bemelmans, Alan Hollinghurst, Tim Kring, Richelle Mead, Carol Shields, and Benjamin Zephaniah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Walker Percy ranks 268. Before him are Giuseppe Tosi, Roderick Chisholm, I. J. Good, Martha Raye, Kåre Holt, and Rupert Davies. After him are Nancye Wynne Bolton, Beverly Cleary, Marie Wilson, William Alland, Lalita Pawar, and Harkishan Singh Surjeet. Among people deceased in 1990, Walker Percy ranks 267. Before him are Petar Šegvić, Ettore Giannini, Susan Oliver, Peter Taylor, Charles Farrell, and Jimmy Van Heusen. After him are Andrew Wood, V. Shantaram, Alice Marble, Hector Dyer, Alan Hale Jr., and Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walker Percy ranks 10,234 out of 18,182. Before him are Martha Plimpton (1970), John M. Fabian (1939), Dale Robertson (1923), Donald Henderson (1928), Faith Hill (1967), and Thomas Starzl (1926). After him are Tris Speaker (1888), Bob Clark (1939), Jen Psaki (1978), Miranda Cosgrove (1993), Cynthia Watros (1968), and Andrea Leeds (1914).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Walker Percy ranks 774. Before him are George B. Seitz (1888), Theodore Roethke (1908), Bill Bright (1921), Tom Kapinos (1969), Colson Whitehead (1969), and Lydia Maria Child (1802). After him are Tim Kring (1957), Richelle Mead (1976), Carol Shields (1935), Tracy Hickman (1955), Michael McClure (1932), and Crane Wilbur (1886).

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