Jack Kerouac

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Birth Name: Jean Louis Kerouac

Born: 12 March 1922 Died: 21 October 1969

Country of origin: United States

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Lists

220 votes

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Jack Kerouac Videos

Jack Kerouac interview

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Jack Kerouac Reads from "On The Road"

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About: Jack Kerouac was an American author, poet and painter. Alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, he is considered a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac's work was very popular, but received little critical acclaim during his lifetime. Today, he is considered an important and influential writer who inspired others, including Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Robbins, Lester Bangs, Richard Brautigan, Ken Kesey, Haruki Murakami, and writers of the New Journalism. Kerouac also infl ... (more)

Beat Generation (4), American (2), Bisexual (1), Died 1969 (1), Born 1922 (1), Lgbt (1), Poet (1), Novelist (1), Deceased (1)

Books

1. On the Road

Rating:

7.8

163 own

2. The Dharma Bums

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33 own

3. On the Road

Rating:

7.2

33 own

4. On the Road (Penguin Classics)

Rating:

8.2

25 own

5. Big Sur

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6.9

18 own

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Movies written by

1. On the Road (2012)

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6.5

274 want to see

2. Pull My Daisy (1959)

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7 want to see

3. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

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5 want to see

4. Big Sur (2013)

6 want to see

5. The Subterraneans (1960)

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3 Watched

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TV

1. American Masters The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (1999)

Rating:

6.2

27 want to see

2. United States of Poetry (1995)

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1 Watched

3. The Fifties (1997)

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0 want to see

4. No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)

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5. Speak Out (2007)

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Movies

1. Magic Trip (2011)

Rating:

7.2

11 want to see

2. Pull My Daisy (1959)

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7 want to see

3. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

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5 want to see

4. Kerouac, the Movie (1985)

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3 want to see

5. American Masters: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1994)

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3 Watched

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Music

1. Poetry for the Beat Generation

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2. Blues and Haikus

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3. Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation

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4. Reads on the Road

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TV written by

1. United States of Poetry (1995)

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1 Watched

2. On the Road (1962)

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1 Watched

3. The Fifties (1997)

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"The Town and the City (9/10) Dr. Sax (9/10) The Dharma Bums (8/10) Some of the Dharma (8/10) The Subterraneans (7/10) On the Road (7/10) Big Sur (6/10) Satori in Paris and Pic 6/10) Mexico City Blues (4/10) "