A Confederacy of Dunces

Summary

A Confederacy of Dunces is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,752 views/month, #238 of 28,446).^[2]

Key Facts

• A Confederacy of Dunces authored John Kennedy Toole^[3].
• A Confederacy of Dunces received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction^[4].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's instance of is recorded as literary work^[5].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's publisher is recorded as Louisiana State University^[6].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's genre is recorded as tragicomedy^[7].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's genre is recorded as comic novel^[8].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's followed by is recorded as The Neon Bible^[9].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's Commons category is recorded as A Confederacy of Dunces^[10].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's language of work or name is recorded as English^[11].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's country of origin is recorded as United States^[12].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's publication date is recorded as +1980-01-01T00:00:00Z^[13].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020n4m^[14].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's Open Library ID is recorded as OL3501731W^[15].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's characters is recorded as Ignatius J. Reilly^[16].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's has edition or translation is recorded as A Confederacy of Dunces^[17].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's narrative location is recorded as New Orleans^[18].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's main subject is recorded as flatulence^[19].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's main subject is recorded as tympanites^[20].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 4096291^[21].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Confederacy of Dunces'}^[22].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Una banda di idioti'}^[23].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's BBC Things ID is recorded as c366ef63-5379-49b4-b5e2-959e968c121b^[24].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's Quora topic ID is recorded as A-Confederacy-of-Dunces-1980-book^[25].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "AConfederacyOfDunces"]^[26].
• A Confederacy of Dunces's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:Wikiproject Curarsi con i dati^[27].

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Works and Contributions

A Confederacy of Dunces authored John Kennedy Toole^[3].

Recognition

A Confederacy of Dunces received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction^[4].

Why It Matters

A Confederacy of Dunces ranks in the top 0.84% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,752 views/month, #238 of 28,446).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

FAQs

What awards did A Confederacy of Dunces receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction^[4].