▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 8 1 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Ind ian ▁cr ick eters ▁Category : B eng al ▁cr ick eters ▁Category : Ind ia ▁Green ▁cr ick eters ▁Category : E ast ▁Zone ▁cr ick eters ▁Category : K olk ata ▁Knight ▁R iders ▁cr ick eters ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁How rah <0x0A> </s> ▁Eug ene ▁Ferdinand ▁Walter , ▁Jr . ▁( Nov ember ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁– ▁March ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁screen writer , ▁poet , ▁short - story ▁author , ▁actor , ▁pu pp ete er , ▁g our met ▁chef , ▁crypt ograph er , ▁transl ator , ▁editor , ▁cost ume ▁designer ▁and ▁well - known ▁ra con te ur . ▁During ▁his ▁years ▁in ▁Paris , ▁he ▁was ▁nick named ▁T um - te - t um . ▁His ▁friend ▁Pat ▁Con roy ▁observed ▁that ▁Walter ▁had ▁lived ▁a ▁" p ix il ated ▁wonder land ▁of ▁a ▁life ." ▁ ▁Walter ▁was ▁l abeled ▁" Mobile ' s ▁Renaissance ▁Man " ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁diverse ▁activities ▁in ▁many ▁areas ▁of ▁the ▁arts . ▁In ▁later ▁life , ▁he ▁maintained ▁a ▁connection ▁with ▁Mobile ▁by ▁carrying ▁a ▁sho eb ox ▁of ▁Alabama ▁red ▁cl ay ▁around ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Youth ▁Walter ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁Mobile , ▁Alabama , ▁which ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁separate ▁kingdom .