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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (/ ˈ k ɛr u. æ k /; 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.
Jack Kerouac (born March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida) was an American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits.
Apr 2, 2014 · Jack Kerouac was an American writer best known for the novel 'On the Road,' which became an American classic, pioneering the Beat Generation in the 1950s.
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist born on March 12, 1922, in Lowell, Massachusetts to French Canadian parents, Léo-Alcide Kéroack (1889–1946) and Gabrielle-Ange Lévesque (1895–1973).
Jean-Louis Kérouac ou Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac dit Jack Kerouac (/ ʒ a k k e. ʁ w a k [1] ; en anglais / d ʒ æ k ˈ k ɛ ɹ u æ k / [2]), né le 12 mars 1922 à Lowell, dans le Massachusetts, et mort le 21 octobre 1969 à St. Petersburg, en Floride, est un écrivain et poète américain.
Jack Kerouac Bio & Bibliography. About the Site. About the Kerouac Center. The Jack Kerouac Archive at UMass Lowell. Contact. Links to projects, talks, and essays about Jack Kerouac, sponsored by the Kerouac Center. NEW! Music and Musicians Under the Influence. Songs inspired by Kerouac.
He became famous as Jack Kerouac, author of On the Road (1957), the novel that is considered to be a quintessential statement of the 1950s literary movement known as the Beat Generation. On the Road describes the growing friendship of two men, Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, and their crisscrossing journeys over the American continent.
Jack Kerouac | Home. Biography. Born Jean-Louis Kerouac, Kerouac is the most famous native son of Lowell, Massachusetts. His parents had immigrated as very young children from the Province of Quebec, Canada, and Kerouac spoke a local French Canadian-American dialect before he spoke English.
Mar 12, 2022 · Jack Kerouac at 100: How a heady cocktail of trauma, faith and rotgut wine made a literary legend. A century after the ‘On The Road’ author’s birth, Kerouac’s close friend and...
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.
