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William S. Burroughs

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American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Born 1914
Died 1997

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  • Cover of: Naked lunch.
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    Cover of edition nakedlunch00burr Cover of edition nakedluh00burr Cover of edition nakedlunchrestor00burr Cover of edition nakedlunch0000burr Cover of edition isbn_9780802132956 Cover of edition nakedlunchrestor0000burr First published in 1959 — 50 editions
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    First published in 1964 — 26 editions
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    Cover of edition junkie01burr First published in 1953 — 19 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: Cities of the red night
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    Cover of edition citiesofrednight0000burr Cover of edition citiesofrednight00burr First published in 1981 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Exterminator!: A novel
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    First published in 1960 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: The soft machine
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    Cover of edition softmachine00burr_0 First published in 1961 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The ticket that exploded
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  • Cover of: The wild boys: a book of the dead
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    First published in 1971 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: In Youth Is Pleasure

    First published in 2014 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The place of dead roads
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  • Cover of: The last words of Dutch Schultz
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    First published in 1970 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1963 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

    First published in 2008 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Port of saints
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    First published in 1973 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The yage letters
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  • Cover of: Three novels: The soft machine ; Nova express ; The wild boys
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    First published in 1980 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Ali's smile
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    First published in 1971 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Interzone
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  • Cover of: My education: a book of dreams
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Photo of William S. Burroughs

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Born 1914
Died 1997

Subjects

Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Burroughs, william s., 1914-1997, Drug addicts, Fiction, general, American literature, Authors, american, Alienation (Social psychology), American Novelists, American Authors, Beat generation, Drug abuse, Correspondence, Interviews, Authors, biography, Authors, correspondence, Drug withdrawal symptoms, Gay men, Ginsberg, allen, 1926-1997, Heroin abuse, Ayahuasca, Amphetamine, Authorship, Beats (Persons), Biography

Places

United States, Kentucky, New Orleans (La.), Mexico, New York, East Village (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), New York (State), West (U.S.), Amazon River Region, Latin America, Madagascar, Mexico City, Morocco, New Mexico, Tangier, West United States

People

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), William S. Burroughs (1914-), Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Brion Gysin, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), Lucien Carr (1925-2005), Allen Ginsberg (1926-), Bruce Weber (1946-), Daniel Bau Geste, Dutch Schultz (1900 or 1-1935), Dutch Schultz (1900 or 1901-1935), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), William Lee

Time

20th century, 1933-1945, 1950's, 1950s

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Alternative names

  • William Seward Burroughs
  • William S. Burroughs, Jr.
  • William Burroughs
  • WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

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December 3, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa Added identifiers
November 15, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
July 10, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternative names
July 10, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import