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第1回（1981年） Winner
John Kennedy Toole
ジョン・ケネディ・トゥール
Jon Kenedi Tūru
別名:
Ken
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1937-12-17 （New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.）
- 死没
- 1969-03-26 （Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.） 31歳
- 国籍
- American
- 言語
- English, Spanish
- 宗教
- Catholic
- 居住地歴
- New Orleans → New York → Lafayette → San Juan, Puerto Rico
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Professor, Soldier
- 活動期間
- 1954年〜1969年
- 所属
- University of Southwestern Louisiana, Hunter College, Dominican College
- 所属団体
- Newman Club
- 影響を受けた人物
- Flannery O'Connor, Boethius, John Lyly
- 影響を与えた人物
- Walker Percy
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane University | Faculty of English | English Department | BA | 1954-1958 | United States |
| Columbia University | Graduate School of English Literature | English Literature | MA | 1958-1959 | United States |
Tulane University
Faculty of English
/ English Department
学位:
BA
期間:
1954-1958
卒業年:
1958
国:
United States
Graduated with honors
Columbia University
Graduate School of English Literature
/ English Literature
学位:
MA
期間:
1958-1959
卒業年:
1959
国:
United States
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | A Confederacy of Dunces | — | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1981
対象作品:
A Confederacy of Dunces
主催:
Columbia University
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
A Confederacy of Dunces
1980年 Satirical Novel 405ページA slothful, obese philosopher Ignatius J. Reilly is forced by his mother to take menial jobs in New Orleans, satirizing society in a comic fugue.
Wheel of FortuneFaith vs. ModernityNew Orleans Eccentrics
映像化・舞台化
- [Theater] A Confederacy of Dunces / David Esbjornson (2015)
The Neon Bible
1989年 Southern Gothic 160ページA boy in 1940s rural Mississippi struggles under the influence of fundamentalist Baptists and family hardship.
Religious OppressionFamily BreakdownViolence
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] The Neon Bible / Terence Davies (1995)
全著作
- A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
- The Neon Bible (1989)
翻案
- A Confederacy of Dunces: Staged in Boston 2015
- The Neon Bible: Film adaptation 1995
作風・主題
- 文体
- Satirical HumorAccurate New Orleans DialectsComic Fugue
- 頻出モチーフ
- Obese ProtagonistsPhilosophical ReferencesMother-Son Dynamics
健康
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Depression1964-1969Writing ceased, led to suicide
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Paranoia1967-1969Social withdrawal, persecution delusions
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Headaches1967-1968Refused neurology consult
評価・遺産
Posthumous Pulitzer winner. A Confederacy of Dunces sold over 1.5 million copies, classic of Southern literature due to mother's persistence.
資料所蔵先
- Tulane University Archives
- Loyola University New Orleans Archives
大衆文化への影響
- Ranked 58th in PBS Great American Read
引用
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In 1954, when I was 16, I wrote a book called The Neon Bible, a grim, adolescent, sociological attack upon the hatreds caused by the various Calvinist religions in the South...
出典: Letter to editor (1964年)
豆知識
- Mother Thelma badgered Walker Percy into publishing the manuscript
- Protagonist Ignatius modeled partly on himself
- Began Dunces in army office teaching Spanish
- Wrote Neon Bible at 16