John Kennedy Toole

John Kennedy Toole
Osnovni podaci
Rođenje	17. decembar 1937. (1937-12-17) New Orleans
Smrt	mart 26 1969. (starost 31) Biloxi, Mississippi
Zanimanje	romanopisac, profesor, vojnik
Djelo
Znamenita djela	A Confederacy of Dunces
Uticaj od Charles Dickens
Uticaj na Bill Hicks

John Kennedy Toole (17.12., 1937 – 26.3. 1969.) bio je američki romanopisac iz New Orleansa, najpoznatiji po svom Pulitzerovom nagradom ovjenčanom romanu A Confederacy of Dunces.

Tooleovi romani nisu bili izdani za njegovog života. Nekoliko godina nakon njegovog samoubistva, Tooleova majka je donijela rukopis A Confederacy of Dunces romanopiscu Walkeru Percyju, koji je pomogao njenom izdavanju. Godine 1981. Toole je posthumno dobio Pulitzerovu nagradu za fikciju.

Bibliografija

Romani

• A Confederacy of Dunces, (LSU Press, 1980).
• The Neon Bible, (Grove Press, 1989).

Izvori

Knjige

• MacLauchlin, Cory. Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces Biography. Da Capo Press, 2012. ISBN 9780306820403
• Ronald W. Bell, "The Nihilistic Perspective of John Kennedy Toole," (California State University [Dominguez Hills] M.A. thesis, 2000).
• Joel L. Fletcher, Ken and Thelma: The Story of A Confederacy of Dunces, (Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 2005).
• Rene Pol Nevils and Deborah George Handy, Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole, (LSU Press, 2001).

Websiteovi

• MacLauchlin, Cory. Butterfly in the Typewriter: The Tragic Life of John Kennedy Toole and the Remarkable Story of A Confederacy of Dunces Biography. Da Capo Press, 2012. ISBN 9780306820403
• John Kennedy Toole at Find-a-Grave
• First Printing of Confederacy of Dunces and memo from publisher