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Ken Kesey

KEN KESEY was born in La Junta, Colorado, but his family later moved to Springfield, Oregon, where he attended public schools, and later the University of Oregon at Eugene. He has received the Woodrow Wilson scholarship to Stanford University and a Saxton Fellowship, and won the Fred Lowe Scholarship awarded to the outstanding wrestler in the Northwest. Mr. Kesey was king of the Merry Pranksters, a group which traveled the West Coast staging happenings; as a leader of this group, Mr. Kesey appeared as subject and star in the bestseller, THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST, by Tom Wolfe.
At present he is "scratching his athlete's foot on his farm in Oregon, watching his kids and blueberries grow."

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American novelist (1935-2001)

Born 1935-09-17
Died 2001-11-10

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  • Cover of: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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  • Cover of: Little Tricker the squirrel meets Big Double the bear
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  • Cover of: Kesey's jail journal: cut the m************ loose
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  • Cover of: The Merry Pranksters: Acid Test Volume 1 (King Mob Spoken Word CDs)

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Photo of Ken Kesey

American novelist (1935-2001)

Born 1935-09-17
Died 2001-11-10

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Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Oregon, fiction, American Authors, Bois, Commerce, Diaries, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, psychological, Grèves et lock-out, Juvenile fiction, Kesey, ken, 1935-2001, Lumber trade, Mentally ill, Popular culture, Prisoners, Psychiatric hospital patients, Psychiatric hospitals, Psychiatric nurses, Romans, nouvelles, Strikes and lockouts, Alaska, fiction, Allegories, American literature

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Oregon, United States, Alaska, California, Pacific Northwest, Pendleton, Pendleton (Or.), San Mateo

People

Big Nurse, Biggie Newton and a crazy Father, Broom Bromden, Ken Kesey, Leland, Nurse Ratched, Randle Patrick McMurphy, hand

Time

1945-, 1960 psychedelic era, 1960s, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Ken Kizi
  • Ken Kessey
  • K. Kesey
  • Кен Кизи

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January 18, 2025 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
January 18, 2025 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
November 20, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
June 8, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import