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Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac [1] ( / ˈkɛru.æk /; [2] March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet [3] who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. [4]
May 10, 2024 · Jack Kerouac, American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits. Learn more about Jack Kerouac, On the Road, and the Beat movement in this article.
- Regina Weinreich
Apr 2, 2014 · Jack Kerouac was an American writer best known for the novel 'On the Road,' which became an American classic, pioneering the Beat Generation in the 1950s.
On the Road. On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of jazz, poetry, and drug use.
- Jack Kerouac
- 1957
Kerouac, derived from Kervoach, is the name of a town in Brittany in Lanmeur, near Morlaix. Jack Kerouac later referred to 34 Beaulieu Street as "sad Beaulieu". The Kerouac family was living there in 1926 when Jack's older brother Gerard died of rheumatic fever, aged nine.
A searchable database of one of the most expansive Kerouac collections in the world (this project is in part funded by Mass Humanities) The Illustrated On the Road
Explore the life, works, and legacy of Jack Kerouac, the American writer of On the Road and other Beat classics. Find news, events, books, and membership benefits on his official website.
