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Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1922, Jack Kerouac, baptised Jean Louis Kirouac, was the youngest of three children of French-Canadian immigrants from Quebec, Canada. He was raised speaking the French-Canadian working class dialect Joual until he learned English at age five. Kerouac ...
May 9, 2023 · Jack Kerouac—American counterculture hero, king of the Beats, and author of On the Road—was a Navy military recruit who failed boot camp. While some Kerouac biographies mention his military experience, the extent of it was unknown until 2005, when the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, made it public.
Kerouac's birthplace on Lupine Street in Lowell. Library of Congress. French-Canadian Roots. Kerouac’s parents were born in Quebec. They met and were married in Nashua, New Hampshire, and later moved to Lowell, where Jack, his brother Gerard, his sister, Caroline (Nin) were all born.
Jack Kerouac, eredeti nevén Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, a Massachusetts állambeli Lowellben született, kanadai francia szülőktől. Apja, Leo-Alcide Kerouac és anyja, Gabrielle-Ange Lévesque tősgyökeres québeciek voltak, akik – mint nemzedékük sok más tagja – a munkát kereső québeci emigrációhoz tartoztak Új-Angliában.
Autobiographical novels, such as On the Road (1957) and The Dharma Bums (1958), of American writer Jack Kerouac, originally Jean-Louis Kerouac, embody the values of the Beat Generation.
May 29, 2018 · Jack Kerouac [1] Born: March 12, 1922Lowell, MassachusettsDied: October 21, 1969St. Petersburg [2], Florida [3] American writer J ack Kerouac, an American writer, is best known for On the Road, (1957) which describes his travels into the American West.
Jack Kerouac [dʒæk ˈkɛɹəwæk] IPA, vlastním jménem Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac, (12. března 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA – 21. října 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA) byl americký spisovatel, jeden z nejvýznamnějších představitelů beat generation.
