JACK KEROUAC
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – Oct 21, 1969), often known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. During W
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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (March 12, 1922 – Oct 21, 1969), often known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. During World War II, Kerouac served in the United States Merchant Marine; he completed his first novel during his service, though it was published posthumously. His first book to be published The Town and The City, but he only achieved widespread fame and notoriety with the publication of his second novel, On the Road (1957). Kerouac would have a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Doors.
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