约瀚·肯尼迪·图尔(John Kennedy Toole)是美国1981年度普利策奖小说奖得奖者。他的获奖令人惊奇不已,因为他是在1969年,由于他的唯一长篇小说《傻子们的同盟》频频受到出版商的退稿,因而灰心绝望,最终举枪饮弹自尽的,终年三十二岁。他那现年七十九岁的母亲(西尔马·D·图尔)在他死后,不断跟出版商联系,希望他们欣赏《傻子们的同盟》,给予机会出版,然而至少遭到八家出版商的拒绝。 John Kennedy Toole is the 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist in the United States. His winning was surprising as he was frustrated in 1969 with his rejection of the publisher’s frequent novel The Fool’s Confederation, his last novel thirty-two year old. After his death, his 79-year-old mother (Silma D. Touré) kept in touch with publishers in the hope of enjoying the “fool’s allies” and giving them the opportunity to publish them, however, at least eight Publisher refused.