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Walker Percy

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The Resume

    (May 28, 1916-May 10, 1990)
    Born in Birmingham, Alabama
    Author
    Major works include 'The Moviegoer,' 'The Thanatos Syndrome,' 'Lancelot' and 'The Last Gentleman'

Why he might be annoying:

    To put it very nicely, his stuff was boring.
    He was interested in and studied semiotics and existentialism.
    After becoming a medical doctor, he decided he wanted to be a writer.
    It was said that he wrote about 'the dislocation of man in the modern age.'
    The critics love him.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was best friends with Shelby Foote.
    'The Moviegoer' won a National Book Award.
    His grandfather, father and mother all committed suicide.
    He won the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame.
    He founded the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
    His writing combined Catholic humanism with existentialism.
    He is considered one of the all-time great Southern writers.

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying