John Kennedy Toole (1937 - 1969)

Born 17 Dec 1937 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Died 26 Mar 1969 at age 31 in Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

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John Kennedy Toole 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.

John Kennedy Toole was born in 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of John Dewey Toole, Jr. and Thelma Ducoing Toole.

He died by suicide in 1969. His novel, A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1981, twelve years after his death.

Sources

See also:

• John Kennedy Toole at Wikipedia
• Find a Grave, database and images (findagrave.com/memorial/6940509/john_kennedy-toole: accessed April 7, 2024), memorial page for John Kennedy Toole (17 Dec 1937–26 Mar 1969), Find A Grave: Memorial #6940509, citing Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.