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What prize did "A Confederacy of Dunces" win posthumously?

  • National Book Award

  • Nobel Prize in Literature

  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

  • Man Booker Prize

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The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was posthumously awarded to "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. The novel, which was rejected by publishers during Toole's lifetime, was discovered and published after his death. It gained critical acclaim for its humor, satire, and memorable characters.
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