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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: Sur la route

    First published in 1957 122 editions in 8 languages — 21 previewable Cover of edition zailushangonroad0000kero Cover of edition surlaroute0000kero Cover of edition avantlarouteroma0000kero Cover of edition onroadoriginal00peng Cover of edition onroad0000kero_i2u9 Cover of edition onroadoriginalsc0000kero Cover of edition onroad00kero_3 Cover of edition onroadkero00kero Cover of edition onroad0000kero
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    First published in 1958 29 editions in 5 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition lessouterrains0000kero Cover of edition podzemnyeroman0000kero Cover of edition lossubterraneoss00kero
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    First published in 1960 25 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition lonesometraveler0000kero_t8m1 Cover of edition lonesometraveler00kero Cover of edition lonesometraveler00kero
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    First published in 1959 25 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition doctorsaxfaustpa00kero
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    First published in 1965 22 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition desolationangels0000kero_x1e5 Cover of edition desolationangels0000jack
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  • Cover of: Vanité de Duluoz: une éducation aventureuse, 1935-1946

    First published in 1968 19 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition vanityofduluoz0000kero Cover of edition vanityofduluozad00kero Cover of edition vanityofduluozad0000kero
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    First published in 1972 18 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition visionsofcody00kero Cover of edition visionsofcody0000kero Cover of edition visionsofcody00jack
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    First published in 1966 16 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The town & the city

    First published in 1950 16 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition towncity00kerorich Cover of edition towncity00kero
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    First published in 1971 13 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2011 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition seaismybrother0000kero
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  • Cover of: Selected letters, 1940-1956

    First published in 1995 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition jackkerouacselec0000kero
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  • Cover of: The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

    First published in 1960 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2000 8 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition orpheusemerged00kero
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  • Cover of: The portable Jack Kerouac

    First published in 1995 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition portablejackkero0000kero
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  • Cover of: Scattered Poems (Pocket Poets)

    First published in 1971 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Windblown world: the journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954

    First published in 2004 4 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition windblownworldjo00kero
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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, Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969, American Authors, Poetry, Biography, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Beatniks, Beats (persons), Romans, nouvelles, Beat Generation, Biographies, Diaries, Fiction in English, Fiction, general, Écrivains américains, 20th century, American, American fiction, Authors, Authors, American, Authors, correspondence
Places
France, United States, England, Mexico, Morocco, New York, Paris (France), San Francisco, San Francisco (Calif.), mei guo
People
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Jack Kerouac, Alene Lee, Allen Ginsberg, Budda (ca 560-480 a.C), Budda (ca 560-ca 480 a.C), Budda (ok. 560-480 p.n.e), Gore Vidal, Jack, 1922-1969 Kerouac, Joyce Johnson (1935-), Neal Casady, Neal Cassady, William Burroughs
Time
20th century, 20e siècle, 1945-, 1950s USA, 1952-1960, 1953, 20th Century, xian dai

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  • 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
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import