▁be ans ▁h ul led ▁or ▁sn apped , ▁rice ▁picked ▁over , ▁coffee ▁grounds , ▁be ads ▁rest r ung , ▁paper ▁w icks ▁fol ded ▁for ▁next ▁winter ' s ▁fire p laces ▁— ▁somehow ▁a ▁whole ▁world ▁was ▁en comp ass ed , ▁seized , ▁de alt ▁with ▁before ▁no on . ▁ ▁Awards ▁His ▁literary ▁awards ▁include ▁a ▁Rock ef eller - S ew ane e ▁Fellow ship , ▁an ▁O . ▁Henry ▁c itation , ▁the ▁Li pp inc ott ▁Award ▁for ▁fiction ▁and ▁the ▁Prix ▁Gu ill oux . ▁After ▁his ▁return ▁to ▁Mobile ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁Walter ▁kept ▁on ▁writing , ▁publishing , ▁and ▁prom oting ▁the ▁arts ▁and ▁culture . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁Mobile ▁of ▁li ver ▁cancer ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁By ▁special ▁resolution ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Mobile , ▁Alabama , ▁he ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁historic ▁Church ▁Street ▁Gra vey ard ▁in ▁his ▁h omet own . ▁ ▁K atherine ▁Clark ▁began ▁interview ing ▁Walter ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁for ▁an ▁or al ▁bi ography , ▁and ▁Mil king ▁the ▁Moon : ▁A ▁Sou ther ner ' s ▁Story ▁of ▁Life ▁on ▁This ▁Planet ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Crown ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁three ▁years ▁after ▁Walter ' s ▁death . ▁Sh el ved ▁in ▁book st ores ▁during ▁the ▁three ▁weeks ▁prior ▁to ▁ 9 / 1 1 , ▁the ▁book ▁has ▁a ▁paragraph ▁describing