Here's a list of 50 Iconic Writers Who Were Repeatedly Rejected. Some though, had work rejected on the grounds that it was obscene, which doesn't strike me as real rejection. Don't get me started on real rejection...
Some highlights: Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainance was rejected 121 times before being accepted for publication; much of Jorge Luis Borges's work was initially perceived as "unpublishable"; Gertrude Stein submitted poems for 22 years before having one accepted; William Saroyan received 7,000 rejection slips before publishing his first short story; and of course, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter was submitted to 12 publishing houses before it was accepted. The urge to rub their faces in it must be so intense!
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