Novelist John Kennedy Toole

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John Kennedy Toole

Living place: New Orleans

Birthday: 17-12-1937 (87 years old)

Population of US 1937: 128,824,829

Global rank: #33053

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Who is Novelist John Kennedy Toole?
The author of the novel depicting the tricks of the prostitutes, A Confederacy of Dunces (published in 1980), he committed suicide in 1969 and was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His other novel, The Neon Bible, was also published posthumously.
His novel, The Neon Bible, has been adapted into a movie.

Young / Before famous

He graduated from Tulane University and went on to study English at Columbia University. He was later drafted into the United States Army and was stationed for a time in Puerto Rico.

Family life info

He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to John Dewey Toole, Jr (a car salesman) and Thelma Ducoing Toole (a teacher). His mother published two Confederacy novels-- his Dunces and Neon Bible-- a few years after committing suicide.

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He is a contemporary of fellow American author, Jerome Charyn.

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When was Novelist John Kennedy Toole born?
John Kennedy Toole birthday 17-12-1937 (at the age of 87).
Where is Novelist John Kennedy Toole's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans, Louisiana- United States. Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. John Kennedy Toole's global rank is 33053 and whose rank is 175 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1937 is about 128,824,829 persons.
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Events in 1937 and 17-12

Events in US in the birth year of John Kennedy Toole

  • The dirigible "Hindenburg" explodes at Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 (May 6). Background: The Hindenburg Tragedy
  • Amelia Earhart and co-pilot Fred Noonan vanish over the Pacific Ocean on their Round-the-World Flight. Background: Amelia Earhart's Legacy Remembered.

Birthday John Kennedy Toole (17-12) in history

  • Day 17-12 year 1777: France recognized American independence.
  • Day 17-12 year 1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
  • Day 17-12 year 1944: The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of holding Japanese-Americans in internment camps, allowing "evacuees" to return home.
  • Day 17-12 year 1969: The U.S. Air Force ended its "Project Blue Book" and concluded that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial activity behind UFO sightings.
  • Day 17-12 year 1992: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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