APOLOGIES FOLLOW MAE WEST SKIT; Sponsor of the Broadcast Expresses Regrets After Many Protests Are Made
Date: 18 December 1937
Closer control of stars' broadcasts planned due to results of M West program
John Kennedy Toole Rojstni dan, datum rojstva
John Kennedy Toole (; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981. At 16 in 1954, he wrote his first novel, The Neon Bible, which he shelved in the same year, not finding a willing publisher; he later dismissed it as "adolescent". Toole was a successful and popular professor, first at University of Southwestern Louisiana (now ULL), at Hunter College and finally in New Orleans. Having persuaded Simon & Schuster, however, to accept A Confederacy of Dunces, he was unable to resolve editorial disputes. Due in part to the novel's failure, he suffered from paranoia and depression, dying by suicide at the age of 31.
Toole was born to a middle-class family in New Orleans. From a young age, his mother, Thelma, taught him an appreciation of culture. She was thoroughly involved in his affairs for most of his life, and at times they had a difficult relationship. With his mother's encouragement, Toole became a stage performer at the age of 10 doing comic impressions and acting.
On an academic scholarship, Toole received his bachelor's degree from Tulane University in New Orleans. He then earned an MA in English Literature at Columbia University in New York. Returning there to take a PhD, he taught simultaneously at Hunter College. He also taught at various Louisiana colleges, and during his early career as an academic he was valued on the faculty party circuit for his wit and gift for mimicry. His studies were interrupted when he was drafted into the army, where he taught English to Spanish-speaking recruits in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After receiving a promotion, he used his private office to begin writing A Confederacy of Dunces, which he finished at his parents' home after his discharge.
Toole submitted A Confederacy of Dunces to publisher Simon & Schuster, where it reached editor Robert Gottlieb. Gottlieb considered Toole quite talented, but somehow did not regard the book's themes and conflicts as sufficiently meaningful, or coming to a unified end. Despite several revisions, Gottlieb remained unsatisfied, and after the book was rejected by another literary figure, Hodding Carter Jr., Toole shelved the novel. Suffering from depression and feelings of persecution, Toole left home on a journey around the country. He stopped in Biloxi, Mississippi where he died by suicide by running a garden hose in from the exhaust of his car to the cabin. After his death, his mother brought the manuscript of A Confederacy of Dunces to the attention of novelist Walker Percy, who was crucial in the book's publication. In 1981, Toole was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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17th of December 1937 News
Novice, kot so bile prikazane na prvi strani New York Timesa na 17. december 1937
MAGAZINE LIBELED DALL, COURT FINDS; The Appellate Division Rules Unanimously Against Time, Which Brought Appeal
Date: 18 December 1937
N Y S Appellate Div sustains C B Dall's libel suit and orders new trial to determine damages
Advertising News and Notes; Nebraska Plans Ad Campaign
Date: 18 December 1937
Assoc Industries of Neb sponsors ad campaign to attract industries
TODAY ON THE RADIO; OUTSTANDING EVENTS ON ALL STATIONS
Date: 18 December 1937
comment on estimate
HOSE OUTPUT CUT URGED; Reduce Stocks to Bring Stable Prices, Group Advises
Date: 18 December 1937
Natl Assn of Hosiery Mfrs urges 2-wk output curtailment
Associated Railways Scores I. C. C. Report Hitting Minneapolis & St. Louis Plan
Date: 18 December 1937
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
VOTE IS 216 TO 198; LEADERS' APPEALS FUTILE
Date: 18 December 1937
By HAROLD B. HINTON
recommital voted, 216-198, despite appeals by Rayburn and O'Connor
Letters to the Sports Editor; INTER-LEAGUE BASEBALL
Date: 18 December 1937
WILLIAM FOWLER
William FOWLER
Champ
SHELLING OF PANAY RELATED BY BRITON; London Times Correspondent Tells of Heroism of U. S. Seamen During Attack
Date: 18 December 1937
By COLIN M. McDONALD
incident described
NEWS OF THE STAGE; Many Broadway Shows Close After This Evening's Performances--Next Week's Openings
Date: 18 December 1937
NEWS OF THE SCREEN; Taylor Will Be Seen in Revival of 'Journey's End' -- Jack Holt's 'Under Suspicion' Opens Here Today
Date: 18 December 1937
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES