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Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry.

He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.

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American writer (1922–1969)

Born 12 March 1922
Died 21 October 1969

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  • Cover of: On the road
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  • Cover of: The Dharma bums
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  • Cover of: Big Sur
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  • Cover of: The Subterraneans
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    Cover of edition lessouterrains0000kero Cover of edition subterraneans00kero First published in 1958 — 29 editions
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  • Cover of: Doctor Sax: Faust part three
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    Cover of edition doctorsaxfaustpa00kero First published in 1959 — 25 editions
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  • Cover of: Lonesome traveler
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  • Cover of: Desolation angels
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  • Cover of: Vanity of Duluoz: an adventurous education, 1935-46
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  • Cover of: Visions of Cody
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  • Cover of: Satori in Paris
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    First published in 1966 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The town & the city
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    Cover of edition tristessa00jack Cover of edition tristessa0000kero First published in 1960 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses
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  • Cover of: Visions of Gerard
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  • Cover of: The Sea is My Brother
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  • Cover of: Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
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  • Cover of: Selected letters, 1940-1956
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  • Cover of: The Scripture of the Golden Eternity
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American writer (1922–1969)

Born 12 March 1922
Died 21 October 1969

Subjects

Beat generation, Beats (Persons), Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Poetry, American Authors, Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969, Biography, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Correspondence, Beat Generation, Beatniks, Fiction in English, General, Literary collections, Romans, nouvelles, Authors, correspondence, Buddhism, Fiction, general, Literature, Travel, American Haiku, Authors, Authors, biography

Places

United States, France, Mexico, New England, New York, Big Sur, California, England, India, Lowell, MA, Massachusetts, Mexico City, Morocco, New York (State), Paris (France), San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), Sanfransico, mei guo

People

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Allen Ginsberg, Alene Lee, Budda (ca 560-480 a.C), Budda (ca 560-ca 480 a.C), Budda (ok. 560-480 p.n.e), Carolyn Cassady, Gautama Buddha, Gore Vidal, Hugo Weber (1918-1971), Jack, 1922-1969 Kerouac, Joyce Johnson (1935-), Lew Welch, Neal Casady, Neal Cassady, Neal Cassidy, Robert Frank, William Burroughs

Time

20th century, 20e siècle, 1938-1939, 1945-, 1950, 1950s USA, 1952-1960, 1953, 1959, 20th Century, xian dai

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Alternative names

  • Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
  • Kerouac
  • John Kerouac
  • KEROUAC
  • Jack KEROUAC
  • JACK KEROUAC

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March 12, 2024 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
January 8, 2023 Edited by sunrisepianomonkey Shortened bio to remove repeated info and make it more than a WP copy; added IDs; added links
January 6, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
July 1, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names
January 23, 2011 Edited by Paul McDougall Added new photo