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Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) [2] was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker (later married to Jack Kerouac).
Jan 21, 2021 · Joan Vollmer opened her New York City home to the raucous Beats — and was ultimately shot in the head by one of the movement’s most influential writers, her common-law husband William S. Burroughs. Allen Ginsberg Estate Joan Vollmer in Manhattan’s Morningside Heights neighborhood in 1944.
His wife, Joan Vollmer, a deeply intelligent and troubled figure in her own right, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head during what Burroughs described as a botched "William Tell" stunt. In a grim blend of alcohol, recklessness, and tragic absurdity, Burroughs aimed his pistol at a glass of water balanced atop Vollmer’s head.
Apr 25, 2022 · I’ve only been able to find a handful of photos of Joan Vollmer on the internet, and in half of them she is dead. But Joan was once so vibrantly alive her “electricity seemed almost palpable,” as Joyce Johnson wrote. Joan sat right next to the men of the Beat Generation, co-creating its ideology.
Oct 1, 2020 · In Mexico on September 6, 1951, William Seward Burroughs II shot his wife Joan Vollmer in the head. His wife’s death inspired Burroughs to become a writer. In the introduction of his book Queer...
Sep 8, 2009 · Joan’s role in the early days of the Beats cannot, in any way, be overstated – it was her apartment where Allen first met Kerouac, and her wit and intelligence easily matched those around her, (as both Herbert Huncke and Allen himself would later recall).
Dec 15, 2017 · Beat Generation’s intoxicated writer, William Burroughs and his intriguing wife, Joan Vollmer, found themselves too drunk when Burroughs decided to call her to participate in a dangerous game ...
After William Burroughs killed his wife Joan Vollmer, he threw away all her possessions. Their son, Bill Jr., never saw a photograph of her. When Bill Jr. was 32, he begged his father to send him a photo but he didn’t. Now she is only remembered as a footnote to William Burroughs’ mythology.
Joan Vollmer (February 4, 1923 – September 6, 1951) [2] was an influential participant in the early Beat Generation circle. While a student at Barnard College, she became the roommate of Edie Parker (later married to Jack Kerouac).
Sep 14, 1994 · Joan Vollmer (who had became Joan Vollmer Adams after a brief marriage) carried on a sexual relationship with Burroughs, despite the fact that he was overwhelmingly gay. They had a son together, William S. Burroughs Jr., who went on to write two books before dying in his thirties.
