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  1. Ivy Lee (Maternal uncle) Signature. William Seward Burroughs II ( / ˈbʌroʊz /; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular culture and literature.

  2. May 19, 2024 · William S. Burroughs (born February 5, 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died August 2, 1997, Lawrence, Kansas) was an American writer of experimental novels that evoke, in deliberately erratic prose, a nightmarish, sometimes wildly humorous world.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Apr 2, 2014 · William S. Burroughs was a Beat Generation writer known for his startling, nontraditional accounts of drug culture, most famously in the book 'Naked Lunch.'

  4. Feb 5, 2022 · After Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Thomas DeQuincy, William Burroughs (who died on this day in 1997) is probably the third most famous drug addict in literary history.

    • Derek Flynn
  5. Jan 26, 2014 · Peter Schjeldahl on the unorthodox life and work of the Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs.

    • Peter Schjeldahl
  6. William S Burroughs scandalised literature with books like Naked Lunch. In honour of his centenary, his friends talk to Jane Ciabattari about his later years.

  7. May 23, 2018 · Learn about the life and works of William S. Burroughs, a influential American writer and a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Explore his novels, essays, poems, and collaborations with other artists.

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