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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.
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.
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.'
Mar 26, 2024 · Now when his notorious writer grandson William S. Burroughs commands global acclaim, the inventor patriarch remains obscured. But make no mistake – our digitally powered epoch owes as much to the elder Burroughs‘ mechanical adder as any subsequent computing creation.
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. However, he was also...
Feb 4, 2019 · With a life as mischievous as his prose, William S. Burroughs—who was born in St. Louis, Missouri on February 5, 1914 —was destined for counterculture notoriety. Here are 10 facts about the Naked...
Jan 26, 2014 · William S. Burroughs, Outlaw and Beat | The New Yorker. Books. The Outlaw. The extraordinary life of William S. Burroughs. By Peter Schjeldahl. January 26, 2014. “Naked Lunch” brought to...
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.
Feb 5, 2014 · William S. Burroughs was a counterculture icon: In more than two dozen books, including the landmark novel Naked Lunch, he laid down an original vision that influenced everyone from political...
Aug 3, 1997 · William S. Burroughs, a renegade writer of the Beat Generation who stunned readers and inspired adoring cultists with his 1959 book ''Naked Lunch,'' died yesterday afternoon at Lawrence Memorial...
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