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Jack Kerouac

Also known as Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, Kerouac, Jean-Louis Kerouac

American writer (1922–1969)

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Jack Kerouac was an American writer who lived from 1922 to 1969 and is best known for his influential novels about spontaneous travel and unconventional lifestyles. His work helped define the Beat Generation movement and continues to be read for its distinctive narrative style and portrayal of mid-20th century American life.

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Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet.

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Our American Dream — Writer2024
Take Your Pills — Self (archive footage)2018
Beat Generation — Self (archive footage)2014
Love Always, Carolyn — Self (archive footage)2011
One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur — Self (archive footage)2008
Il falso bugiardo — Self (archive footage)2008
The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow' — Self (archive footage)2003
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg — Self (archive footage)1997
On the Road to Desolation — Self (archive footage)1997
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg — Self (archive footage)1994

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Instance of: human
Given name: Jean-Louis
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Lowell
Place of death: St. Petersburg
Child: Jan Kerouac
Occupation: prose writer
Languages spoken: French
Native language: Canadian French
Religion: Catholicism
Notable work: The Subterraneans
Field of work: American poetry
Movement: Beat Generation
Official website: jackkerouac.com
Image: Kerouac by Palumbo.jpg

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influenced by: Thérèse of Lisieux
Commons category: Jack Kerouac
date of birth: 1922-03-13
date of death: 1969-10-21
topic's main category: Category:Jack Kerouac
birth name: Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
Commons gallery: Jack Kerouac
cause of death: internal bleeding
manner of death: natural causes
described by source: UbuWeb
name in native language: Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
writing language: English language
archives at: New York Public Library Main Branch
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Commons Creator page: Jack Kerouac
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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (/ˈkɛru.æk/; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.

Of French-Canadian parentage, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He "learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens." During World War II, he served as a United States Merchant Mariner; he completed his first novel at the time, which was published more than 40 years after his death. His first published book was The Town and the City (1950), and he achieved widespread fame and notoriety with his second, On the Road, in 1957. It made him a Beat icon, and he went on to publish 12 more novels and numerous poetry volumes.

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