Jack Kerouac

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Birth Name: Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac

Born: 12 March 1922 Died: 21 October 1969

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 8"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Stella Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac Videos

Kerouac interview in French with English subtitles

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Jack Kerouac Reads from "On The Road"

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Description: 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 influenced musicians such as the Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Tom Waits, Simon & Garfunkel, The Smiths, Death Cab For Cutie, ... (more)

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1. On the Road (1976)

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7.8

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2. The Dharma Bums (1971)

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3. On the Road

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7.3

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4. On the Road (Penguin Classics) (2002)

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7.5

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5. Big Sur (1992)

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1. On the Road (2012)

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2. Pull My Daisy (1959)

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3. Big Sur (2013)

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4. Kerouac, the Movie (1985)

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5. What Happened to Kerouac? (1986)

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1. United States of Poetry

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2. Speak Out

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3. No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

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1. Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011)

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2. Pull My Daisy (1959)

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3. Kerouac, the Movie (1985)

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4. The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation (1999) (1999)

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

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1. Blues and Haikus

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2. Reads on the Road

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3. Poetry for the Beat Generation

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4. Readings by Jack Kerouac on the Beat Generation

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1. United States of Poetry

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2. On the Road

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"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 influenced musicia"

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