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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First published in 1957 123 editions in 8 languages — 20 previewable
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First published in 1950 54 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1962 38 editions in 5 languages — 2 previewable
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First published in 1958 29 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1960 25 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1959 25 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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First published in 1965 22 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable
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First published in 1959 19 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable
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First published in 1968 19 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1972 18 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable
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First published in 1950 16 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable
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First published in 1966 16 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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First published in 1960 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable
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First published in 1960 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Beat generation, Beats (Persons), Fiction, Poetry, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969, American Authors, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Biography, General, Beats (persons), Correspondence, Beat Generation, Beatniks, Fiction in English, Literary collections, Romans, nouvelles, Authors, correspondence, Buddhism, Fiction, general, Literature, American Haiku, Audio Adult: Books On Tape, AuthorsPlaces
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 guoPeople
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), 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 BurroughsTime
20th century, 20e siècle, 1938-1939, 1945-, 1950, 1950s USA, 1952-1960, 1953, 1959, 20th Century, xian daiID Numbers
- OLID: OL21491A
- Amazon ID: B000APV9LY
- GoodReads: 1742
- ISNI: 000000012125127X
- LibraryThing: kerouacjack
- VIAF: 27066713
- Wikidata: Q160534
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Alternative names
- Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
- Kerouac
- John Kerouac
- KEROUAC
- Jack KEROUAC
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 |
September 30, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | add ISNI |
April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |