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William S. Burroughs. 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.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about the life and work of William S. Burroughs, a Beat Generation writer who explored drug culture, sexuality and cut-up technique in his novels. Find out how he influenced music, literature and society with his controversial and visionary books.
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.
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Jan 26, 2014 · A Mexican scholar of the Beats, Jorge García-Robles, details the louche milieu in another new book, “The Stray Bullet: William S. Burroughs in Mexico” (Minnesota). He writes that Burroughs...
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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.
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Aug 4, 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 on Saturday evening at Lawrence Memorial...
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