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(1937-1969) Novelist. John Kennedy Toole received his master’s degree from Columbia University. He also taught at Hunter College.

Full Name

John Kennedy Toole

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Toole received his master's degree in English from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

1937

BIRTH

John Kennedy Toole was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1937.

1961

OTHER

Toole taught at Hunter College in Manhattan, New York and worked toward a doctorate's degree at Columbia until 1961 when he was drafted into the United States Army.

1961

OTHER

Toole taught at Hunter College in Manhattan, New York and worked toward a doctorate's degree at Columbia until 1961 when he was drafted into the United States Army.

1969

DEATH

John Kennedy Toole died in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1969.

1969

INTERMENT

John Kennedy Toole is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1980

LITWORK

A Confederacy of Dunces
LSU Press.

Novel. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

1989

LITWORK

The Neon Bible
Grove Press.

Novel.

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