Jack Kerouac
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'''Jack Kerouac''' ([[March 12]] [[1922]] – [[October 21]] [[1969]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[novelist]], [[writer]], [[poet]], and [[artist]]. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the [[Beat Generation]]. | '''Jack Kerouac''' ([[March 12]] [[1922]] – [[October 21]] [[1969]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[novelist]], [[writer]], [[poet]], and [[artist]]. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the [[Beat Generation]]. | ||
- | See [[On the Road]] | + | Kerouac enjoyed some degree of popular appeal but little critical acclaim during his lifetime. He is now, however, considered to be one of America's most important and influential authors. His spontaneous, confessional prose style has inspired numerous other writers and musicians, including [[Tom Robbins]], [[Lester Bangs]], [[Richard Brautigan]], [[Hunter S. Thompson]], [[Ken Kesey]], [[Tom Waits]] and [[Bob Dylan]]. Kerouac's best known works are ''[[On the Road]]'', ''[[The Dharma Bums]]'', ''[[Big Sur (novel)|Big Sur]]'' and ''[[Visions of Cody]]''. |
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+ | Kerouac divided most of his young adult life between roaming the vast American landscape and life at home with his mother. Faced with a changing post-war America, he sought to find his place, but came to eventually reject the values and social norms of the [[Fifties]]. His writing often reflects a desire to break free from society's structures and to find higher meaning. | ||
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+ | This search led Kerouac to experiment with drugs and to embark on trips around the world. His writings are often credited as a [[catalyst]] for the [[1960s]] [[counterculture]]. | ||
+ | Kerouac died in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], at the age of forty-seven from an [[Hemorrhage|internal hemorrhage]], the result of chronic [[alcoholism]]. | ||
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Jack Kerouac (March 12 1922 – October 21 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the Beat Generation.
Kerouac enjoyed some degree of popular appeal but little critical acclaim during his lifetime. He is now, however, considered to be one of America's most important and influential authors. His spontaneous, confessional prose style has inspired numerous other writers and musicians, including Tom Robbins, Lester Bangs, Richard Brautigan, Hunter S. Thompson, Ken Kesey, Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur and Visions of Cody.
Kerouac divided most of his young adult life between roaming the vast American landscape and life at home with his mother. Faced with a changing post-war America, he sought to find his place, but came to eventually reject the values and social norms of the Fifties. His writing often reflects a desire to break free from society's structures and to find higher meaning.
This search led Kerouac to experiment with drugs and to embark on trips around the world. His writings are often credited as a catalyst for the 1960s counterculture. Kerouac died in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the age of forty-seven from an internal hemorrhage, the result of chronic alcoholism.
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