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John Kennedy Toole ( / ˈtuːl /; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981; he also wrote The Neon Bible.
A Confederacy of Dunces is a picaresque novel by American novelist John Kennedy Toole which reached publication in 1980, eleven years after Toole's death. [2]
Jan 5, 2021 · John Kennedy Toole, one of the most famous “failures” in the history of American literature, spent most of his life being good at things. The prized only child of older parents, Toole began ...
John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for his novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole's novels remained unpublished during his lifetime. Some years after his death by suicide, Toole's mother brought the manuscript of A Confederacy of Dunces to the attention of the novelist Walker Percy, who ushered the ...
Jun 1, 2022 · John Kennedy Toole teaches an English class to Spanish-speaking draftees in Puerto Rico, c1961–63 while serving in the US Army. During his deployment in Puerto Rico, he started writing A ...
May 1, 1980 · John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for his novel A Confederacy of Dunces.
This article examines the life and work of John Kennedy Toole, focusing on his 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces. Toole finished the novel in 1966 and, after failing to rework his manuscript to his editor's satisfaction, he shelved the project.
